The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.56

v4.c21.s1.56

In 1746 Mīr Muḥammad Ja‘far Khān, known as Mīr Ja‘far, was appointed governor of Orissa with an injunction to recover it from the Marāthās. He defeated and drove southwards the garrison of Midnapore, but refrained from pursuing them lest he should provoke Raghūjī Bhonsle to invade Bengal in force. Later, hearing that Jānojī, Raghūjī’s son, was marching on Cuttack, he fled panic-stricken to Burdwān. Jānojī followed him northward, but Mīr Ja‘far had been reinforced and the Marāthās were defeated. They returned in the following year and were again defeated near Burdwān by ‘Alī Vardī Khān, who pursued them to Midnapore but failed to overtake them and retired to Murshidābād for the rainy season.