History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.14

v2.c44.14

These Treaties are to be confirmed. Lists of the persons with whom such Treaties have been made will be given to Senah Saheb Soubah, when this Treaty will be ratified by his Excellency the Governor-General in Council.”¹ It is stated in the note that Raghujī II was very reluctant to sign the treaty with this clause on but was compelled to do so when threatened with a renewal of hostility. Sir John Shore restored Patna and Sambalpur to Raghujī Bhonsle II by a separate treaty dated 24th August, 1806, which was ratified by him on the 2nd October.² Sambalpur was retained by the Bhonsles till 1818 and it was finally ceded by Raghujī Bhonsle III with more than a half of his kingdom in 1826.³ Thus by a freak of fortune the little states of Patna and Sambalpur did not come into the possession of the British till 1826, though they were a part and parcel of Orissa.