History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.86

v2.c44.86

During the Government of Bābūjī Nāyak an Oṛiyā named Trilochan Paṭnāyak was entrusted with the collection of revenues from the parganah of Koṭdesh and finally obtained a Sanad of Zamindari from Raghujī II. In 1896 his state was sold for arrears of revenue and was fortunately purchased by Oṛiyās, but in the last settlement of 1900 the owners did not care to enter into a fresh engagement with the Government and consequently the estate became Khās. The only other important historical Estate in the Puri district is Parikud. The family claims possession from Mughal time. At the time of the British conquest a treacherous Mūsalman, named Fath Maḥmūd, guided Colonel Harcourt’s army accross the Chilka and as a reward five parganahs including Parikud were given to him as Jāgir. Fath Maḥmūd was the Jagirdar of Malūd, the most important outpost on the southern frontier of Orissa and his treachery enabled the British army from Madras to pass the creek or outlet of the Chilka without opposition. The present zamindar of Parikud still pays Rs. 1600- as rent to the descendants of Fath Maḥmūd.¹