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right of seigniory from the villages of pargana Bithur, sirkar Kanauj, by 
title of zemindari, have been received by my good friend Hamchandra 
Chandel, and that he is in possession and full enjoyment of that grant 
and fees ; he has petitioned our majesty that an order be passed that the 
abovementioned grant and fees, by title of zemindari from the villages 
abovementioned, according to former custom, be continued in his possession 
and enjoyment from rabi, that from year to year, and from harvest to 
harvest, he may enjoy and possess them ; and being a true and loyal ser¬ 
vant, may for ever pray for our greatness and prosperity. Be it ordered, 
therefore, that all officers and servants, Jagir-daran and Crorian, now and 
for ever, obeying this order, and accepting those rights as free, complete, 
and fixed, leave them in his possession, nor change nor alter in any respect, 
nor interfere in any way, nor demand a fresh title.” 
95 villages.* 
Radhan ... 74 villages. Bharbedi ... 6 villages. 
Bilhat ... 12 „ Haveli ... 18 „ 
Phalphandi ... 7 „ Barua ... 8 „ 
10. Sachendi, properly Chachendi, was founded by Chachak Deo, 
twelfth in descent from Har Singh Deo and the first to assume the title of 
Baja, though not invested with the tilak. His brother Kinnar Singh 
founded Binaur; a second brother, Garab Deo, settled in Garab (pargana 
Bithur); a third, Parasram. in Perajor (pargana Akbarpur). Hindu Singh 
was sixth in descent from Chachak Deo ; his brother Jograj settled in 
Binaur, and Hirde Singh in Panki—all three taking the title of Baja. The 
Bajas of Sachendi and Binaur joined the rebels, and their estates were 
confiscated and bestowed on loyal subjects. The Baja of Panki has kept 
possession of only half his ancestral estate, and that half is almost hope¬ 
lessly burthened with debt, but has been put under the charge of the Court 
of Wards with the hope of freeing it from the grasp of the money-lender. 
11. Thus of the once vast possessions of the Chandels, covering near¬ 
ly four parganas, Shiurajpur, Shiuli, Bithur, and Jajmau, only 125 villages 
remain entire (and some of these have been re-purchased) and shares in 
others. 
12. I defer till the fiscal history the account of the fate of the 
Shiurajpur taluqa. 
13. This tribe has its locale in the southern portion of pargana 
Bilhaur; the account given of their immigration in the southern portion of 
the pargana is as follows: After the flight of Manik Chand, younger 
* Of the above only Radhan and Barua are names of villages; the remainder are 
local definitions of areas now extinct. 
