A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.23

v2.c55.23

³ [Chikodi (Chickooree) is now the north-western tāluka of Belgaum District, containing 836 square miles, and famous for tobacco, sugarcane, fruit and vegetable gardens. Manoli (Menowlee), now represented by a town in Parasgad tāluka, forty-two miles east of Belgaum town, is famous as the spot where General Wellesley overtook the notorious free-booter, Dhondia Wāgh, after a long pursuit from Mysore territory. During the war with the Pēshwā in 1817, the Rājā of Kolhāpur sided with the British. In reward, the tracts of Chikodi and Manoli, wrested from him by Sarjī Rāo Ghātgē and later by the chief of Nipāni (Sīdojī Rāo Appā Desāi) were restored. In 1829, owing to the serious misconduct of the Rājā, these tracts were resumed by the British Government, in whose possession they have since remained. (I.G. Bom., ii. 15, 25, 515.)]