History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.64

v2.c44.64

So the Bengali favourite of the British Officers in Orissa reduced the once mighty Jagabandhu Vidyādhara, the Commander-in-chief of the last Gajapati of Khurda, to destitution. He was maintained by voluntary contributions made by the people of Khurda in memory of his former kindness and nobility. No wonder Jagabandhu rebelled. It was only fitting that he should die fighting instead of begging from door to door. He served a noble purpose, as his rising opened the eyes of the British masters of Orissa to some extent. In any other country except India, Jagabandhu Vidyādhara would have been regarded as a national hero and a benefactor of his own people, because by rising in rebellion and sacrificing his own self he saved the nobility of Orissa from total extinction at the hands of the Bengali adventurers and the common people from longer oppression.