A History of the Mahrattas v1.c10.25

v1.c10.25

Dadajee was an able revenue officer, and under his superintendence the cultivation was soon improved, and the population increased. Further scope for his talents was afforded by the acquisition of the districts of Indapoor and Baramuttee; which, together with several of those mountain valleys near Poona, known by the name of Mawuls, were added to Shahjee’s Jagheer in consequence of his eminent services in the Carnatic, and entrusted to the management of Dadajee Konedeo.¹