History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.129

v2.c44.129

The chief of Baudh executed a Qabūliyat in November 1821 agreeing to pay Rs. 3750 kaldar sikka for a period of five years from 1821 to 1825. The name of the chief was then Chandra Śekhar Dev. His successor executed another agreement on the 17th February 1827. These two engagements were executed at a time when the Baudh State possessed the territory of Āthmallik¹ also. On the 30th May 1819, *i. e.*, immediately after the reconquest of Chattisgarh in 1818, Āthmallik was constituted a separate State and a Qabūliyat was executed by Lāchandra, the *Sāmanta* of Āthmallik.² His tribute was fixed at Rs. 3600 and consequently when a fresh Sanad was granted to Raja Pītāmbar Dev of Baudh in 1875 his tribute was reduced to Rs. 800.³ Baudh had suffered heavily from alienation and confiscation between 1818 and 1875. The Khond Mahals were taken away from it and assimilated to the British district of Angul, and Āthmallik was created a separate State. In 1875 the tribute of Āthmallik was fixed at Rs. 480.