History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.348.4

v2.c41.348.4

A copy of a letter received from Morār Pandit was forwarded by Borrowes to the Board of Revenue on the 2nd September, 1790. In this letter Morār Pandit says that the affair of Gawseer Chowk was due to the thoughtlessness and ignorance of Raghunāth Pikerā, who was a jungle zamindar. Barajeet was put up for sale, but nobody appeared to purchase it and no people remained to meet the *Thānahdār* of Jahānpur. Later on, Burrowes reported to the Board of Revenue that the purchaser of the *purganah* of Barajeet prayed to be put in possession of it. The tenants of the *purganah* fled and the purchaser requested protection against Maratha raids. The purchaser also reported that the villages of Nayāpāl and Malanpāl were cultivated by Raghunāth Pikerā's tenants. When the tenants of Barajeet went to cut their harvest they were opposed by armed people to the extent of one thousand. As the Hāvildār of the guard had no order to fire, these people plundered the guard-house and went away. The Board ordered Burrowes to compel the purchaser's Gumashtah to pay the arrears of revenue for Barajeet, as it was suspected that his representations were not quite correct.