History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.81.3

v2.c41.81.3

Another letter to the same purport was written three days later.³ In a letter written to Nawāb Mīr Qāsim 'Alī on the 11th of the some month the Governor of the English East India Company informed the Nawāb that he had written to Rāja Jānujī to settle the question of chauth with the Nawāb⁴ One Purushottama Chaudhuri wrote to the Governor informing him of his appointment as Chaudhurī of Orissa. In reply the Governor informed him that he had no concern with Orissa but the chāklā of Medinipur was separate and in possession of the Company and that Rāja Rāj Nārāyaṇ of Kāśijoṛa had been appointed Chaudhurī of the English possession.⁵ On the 2nd of May of the same year we find that Bhāskar Paṇḍit had been appointed Faujdār of Balasore in the place of Rahmat Khān. Nothing further is heard of Daryā Khān. Bhāskar Pandit sent Ḥayāt Khān and Dayārām to the Governor of the English East India Company. The Governor actually expresses friendship towards Śivarām in this letter.¹ A letter written to Śivarām on the 15th of May discloses the fact that Bhāskar Paṇḍit was his younger brother. On the next day another letter was written to Bhāskar Paṇḍit complaining that one Chaitan Sutuār possessed some papers about the estate of the late Mr. John Bristow but refused to deliver them. The Governor sent one Rāmkānto for them, but as the latter was returning Chaitan lodged a complaint against him and got the latter imprisoned.