History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.348.2

v2.c41.348.2

The same Collector reported on the 17th of August, 1790, that the Sepoys of the English Company had to fire to stop the depredations of Raghunāth Pikerā. He sent a translation of a letter from Morār Pandit protesting against firing on tenants of Raghunāth Pikerā when they went to cultivate in the village of Garhiyapota. Morār Pandit also sent a copy of a letter from the Dīwān stating that on this occasion four or five tenants were hit with balls and arrows. On receiving this representation the Hāvildār of the guard was directed to use every means in his power to protect the tenants without proceeding to the extremity of firing. On the 22nd of April the Collector of Medinipur notes that he received two letters from Raghunāth Pikerā to the Sarbatāhkārs and tenants of Nalvee, Darinda, Nalband, etc., informing them that these villages were mortgaged to him and therefore the rents must be paid to him alone. The same officer notes on the 6th January, 1790, that on the 6th March Raghunāth Pikerā’s people plundered the villages of Lapu and Konkonda and wounded two men. On the 6th at mid-day they carried away one hundred and sixteen heads of cattle. This was done by way of retaliation on Raghunāth Pikerā’s enemy, Dinabandhu Kumār, to whom these villages supplied provisions. The officer of the guard was reprimanded for not preventing this incident.