A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.5

v1.c17.5

¹ Orme. Mahratta MSS. English Records. [The correct names of these islands are Underi and Khānderi. Underi lies in 18° 42′ N. and 72° 51′ E. due south of the Prongs lighthouse and 1,200 yards from the mainland (Kolāba District). Khānderi lies two and a half miles from the mainland, to the south-west of Underi, and is furnished with a lighthouse built in 1867. Concerning the struggle for the two islands, confusion has arisen from the fact that they are indiscriminately referred to in the documents of the period as ‘Hendry-Kendry.’ Grant Duff’s statement that Sivājī occupied Henery (Underi) and the Sīdī Kenery (Khānderi) is incorrect. Orme, who puts the position correctly in one place, inverts it in another. The facts are that Sivājī occupied Khānderi in 1679, and the Sīdī retaliated by occupying Underi in January 1680. ‘Both islands,’ remark the Stracheys, ‘were claimed by the English, but had not hitherto been considered of sufficient importance to demand a guard-house or any other attention.’ (Keigwin’s Rebellion, pp. 37–41; B.C.G., ii. 82; Sarkar, Shivaji and His Times, pp. 355–62.)]