History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c42.2

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Chance led me to correspond with Mr. Ganpatrao Gopal Khandekar of Harasidhi gate, Ujjain, and thus to the discovery of the real name of Sambhaji Ganes, at one time Subha of Orissa. As Kāsirao Rājesvar Gupte's Bakhar, edited by Vāman Dāji Ok and published by Kāsi Nāth Nārāyaṇ Sāne of the Deccan College, Poona, is extremely rare in Northern India, I had to apply to Mr. Govind Sakhāram Sardesai for it. Mr. Sardesai kindly requested Mr. Khandekar to lend me an incomplete copy of the edition of 1885, as he could not spare his own copy at that time. On receiving Mr. Sardesai's requisition Mr.Khandekar at once lent me his copy, which has enabled me to add many important details to Chapter XXVII. During the correspondence which followed Mr. Khandekar supplied me with some very important facts of the Maratha rule in Orissa. The first important item of information was about the surname of Sambhaji Ganes. Mr.Khandekar informed me that Sambhaji Ganes or Ganes Sambhaji was the brother of one of his ancestors. He wrote to me on the 2nd October, 1929, that so far the family name of Sambhaji Ganes has not been traced and that formerly it was considered uncourteous to write the family names of distinguished persons in his community, i.e., Deccani Brahmanas, in official correspondence. Mr. Ganpatrao Gopal Khandekar is a direct descendant of the younger brother of Sambhaji Ganes, the Subha of Orissa.