History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.348.1

v2.c41.348.1

Copies of correspondence received from Rājārām Pandit was sent by Peiarce to the Board of Revenue on the 30th August, 1787. In his letter dated 13th July Rājārām Pandit states that he had sent a *parwanah* to the zamindar of Kelār and a letter to Morār Pandit to the same purpose. The *parwanah* is dated 7th Ramzān, 1194, and it orders the zamindar of Kelār to return the stolen cattle immediately. But Raghunāth Pikerā paid very little attention to the *parwanah* from the *Ṣūbāhdār* of Orissa. Lakshmī Charan *Amin* reported to Peiarce that Raghunāth Pikerā did not pay any attention to the *parwanah* taken to him by Mīr Kānu Jamādār and Nawāb-ud-din *Harkarāh*. The report of these two, dated 8th August, 1787, states that on arriving at Khelār they found Raghunāth bathing in a tank. He desired them to sit down and then failed to reappear. They went to Bhuban Mahāpātra, who said he had nothing to do with Barajeet, and asked them to go to Brindāban and Hāru Pāṭnāyak. So they went to these people, who refused to receive the *parwanah* of the Collector and Rājārām Pandit. Three days later they went to Madde Khān, who also received them unfavourably. On the 28th January, 1788, the Governor-General in Council directed the Board of Revenue to confiscate the Purganah of Barajeet held by Raghunāth Pikerā. Burrowes, the next Collector of Medinipur, reported on the 26th June, 1788, that the revenue due on account of Barajeet amounted to Rs. 346-11-11.