A History of the Mahrattas v1.c25.36

v1.c25.36

¹ [The Katak (Kuttack) Province was distinct from the part of Orissa in British hands, which comprised the Midnapur District and part of Hooghly. ‘The Marāthās never attempted to establish any civil administration in the province, being content to allow the local chiefs to rule as best they could, subject to the necessity of satisfying, so far as possible, the boundless rapacity of the robber state. Orissa remained under the heel of the banditti until 1803.’ (O.H.I., p. 488.)]