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personal protection, the aged Maharajah three years after died a refugee 

 in Sonepore, without a blow being struck for his restoration. This 

 insurrection caused the loss to Patna of the last relic of its early 

 acquisitions. 



Gurjat States brought under direct supervision of the British 

 Government. — -The incursions and depredations of the Mahrattas had 

 now caused the intervention of the British Government for the pro- 

 tection of the Gurjat states. This ultimately resulted in 1821 ; after 

 that Boad and Atmullick had been transferred to Cuttuck, the rest 

 being separately disconnected and placed under the immediate control 

 and supervision of British agency. 



In 1861 the states of Bamra and Gangpore were transferred 

 to Ranchee ; and thus the circle of Gurjat states became considerably 

 reduced. 



Summary, — To sum up, reverting to Patna, it will be observed, 

 that between the time of its foundation by Raman Deo and the reign of 

 its 12th Maharajah, or say during a period of 340 years, Patna had grown 

 from a comparatively small state of eight united gurhs, held by chiefs 

 who, each in turn for a day, aped supreme authority over the rest, 

 to a powerful province extending in territory and dominion for miles 

 across the Mahanuddy to the confines of Sarungurh, and on the left 

 bank from the borders of Atmullick to a line drawn northward, from 

 the west end of the (present) city of Sumbulpore, falling in with the 

 river Eebe, to Gangpoor, and its authority embracing the Gfurjat 

 states, surrounding the possessions of Brindanawagurh, Phooljur, 

 Sarungurh, Gfangpoor, Bamaee and Bamra. That by the abandonment 

 of all its property and dominion on the north or left side of the Ung 

 river, it relapsed to the area of its original eight gurhs, including the 

 plain between the Sel and Ung rivers, and to the authority over the 

 one Gurjat state of Brindanawagurh ; that subsequently it first alienated 

 three of its original gurhs, and afterwards had to relinquish 12 of its 

 most important villages, in return for all which, with additional 

 lands from other quarters, it obtained control over two newly created 

 Gurjat states, viz. Khurriar and Borasambur ; that previously to the 

 last noted relinquishment, it had lost the tract of land between 

 the Sel and Ung rivers, and that lastly, being brought under the 

 direct control of the British, it became deprived of the last vestige 



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