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in the days of the Aln .could have been supplied in that part 

 only by Europeans trading up the Subarnarekha. 



(7) Bugdi. In north Midnapore (Bl. and B). Not traceable 

 in the T. chronicles. It survives as a pargana, partly in Thana 

 Candrakona of Ghatal Subdivision, but mostly in Thana Garbeta 

 of Midnapur Sadar subdivison, misspelt in the Boundary 

 Commissioner's list as Bhograi and thus making it liable to be 

 confounded with No. 6. The pargana is shown in Rennell's 

 Atlas (plate VII, 1779 a.d.). 



The mahal, though considerable in size (444.15 square miles 

 at present), had the smallest revenue in Orisa, less than a 

 thousand rupees (Rs. 987J). This revenue was therefore only a 

 nominal tribute from the then zamindar of a wild hilly tract, 

 inhabited chiefly by the aboriginal tribes. The zamindar is said 

 to have been a Rajput. He was probably Bir Bhan Siihha, the 

 zamindar of Chandrakona. His son Hari Bhan alias Hari 

 Narayana is mentioned in the Tuzuk-i Jahangiri as having 

 rebelled in 1617 a.d. ; but in the Padishahnama his name appears 

 among the mansabdars of five hundred. From a Bengali inscrip- 

 tion recorded on a loose stone kept in the Lalji temple at 

 Chandrakona it appears that Laksmanavati, the widow of Hari- 

 narayana, who had built a Navaratna temple in 1653 a.d., was 

 mother of the (reigning) king Mitra Sena and a sister of 

 Narayana Malla. Mitra Sen died childless, and Bagri passed 

 to the maternal family, the Mallas of Bisenpur. In a Jama- 

 Kharac account of Orissa dated 1707 a.d., the name of Raja 

 Durjan Siihha of Bisenpur appears as the zamindar of Bagri 

 (G.,p.462). By the usual malguzary operations Raja Kirtti 

 Candra of Bardwan took forcible possession of the pargana and 

 succeeded in securing a Dewanny sanad from the Nawab Suja- 

 ud-daula of Bengal in 1728 a.d., thus including Bagri in his 

 estate (G. 477, 478). Its revenue had then increased to Rs. 

 7,001. After British occupation it increased still further to Rs. 

 19,006 in 1771 a.d., and to Rs. 55,679 in 1870 a.d. The 

 greater part of the pargana is now in perpetual lease to Messrs. 



Watson & Co. 



(8) Bazar. Dhenkia Bazar on the Kasai, south-east of the 

 town of Midnapore (BL, B.). It could not have the name of 

 any territorial division, for then the name itself would have 

 been given, e.g., Bazar Chataghat in Sarkar Ghoraghat, Bazar 

 Ibrahampur in Sarkar Sharifabad. I think it refers to the 

 market dues of a large town like Midnapur, and as the amount 

 was not small (Rs. 3,143) it probably included ground rent. 

 For similar market dues, see Sarkar Lakhnauti, Jowar (circle) 

 Darsarak. 



(9) Babbanbhum. Brahmanbhum in north Midnapur (BL, 

 B.). Not traceable in the T. chronicles. This pargana lies 

 north of Bhanjabhum, partly in Thana Salbani, but mostly in 

 Thana Kespur of the Sadar subdivision, Midnapur district. 



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