History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.42

v2.c44.42

Before proceeding to the still nauseating narrative of early British attempts at the settlement of Land Revenue in Orissa we must continue the narrative of succession in the Mayurbhañj State from records available to me. Some time between 1804 and 1812 Trivikram Bhañja came into power. He was the second king of that name in Mayurbhañj, the first (1660-88) being known to us from Bowney’s “Country round the Bay of Bengal.”[1] He will therefore be styled Trivikram II. We learn from “List of Ruling Chiefs from the Annual Administration Report of Mayurbhañj State for 1894-95” sent by the late Maharaja Kṛṣṇa Chandra Bhañja to the Superintendent of Tributary Mahals that Sumitrā Deī ruled from 1796 to 1810. After her death in 1810 her name still continued on the register of zamindars and the Collector of Katak wrote on the 1st August 1811 to the Board of Revenue stating that he was unable to ascertain whether the son of the late Rājā of Angul (? Trivikram) was legitimate. The Board ordered him to ascertain and report by what means the late Rāṇī of Mayurbhañj acquired the proprietary rights of the Qila.’