246 J. Beames —Notes on the History of Orissa. [No. 3, 
provide “ oil and mushauls, tom-toms and pike-men &g. according to 
custom.” The tom-toms were to be beaten to frighten away tigers which 
infested the jungles through which the road passed, a significant hint as to 
the desolate state of the country in those days. 
At the end of this year, however, we again hear from Midnapore 
and Balasore of threatening bodies of Maratha horse on the Balasore 
frontier, to check whom it was thought advisable to despatch a small force 
under Major Champion to garrison Midnapore. Janoji appears about this 
time to have sent a force of 5,000 cavalry to take possession of Midna¬ 
pore. 
We now come to the acquisition by the Company of the Dewany. 
The Directors in 1767 agree to pay to the Marathas all arrears of 
chauth on condition of the cession of Orissa, and negociations were in 
consequence opened with Janoji to this end. A vakil, one Udaipuri Gosain, 
was appointed by Janoji to treat with the Bengal Council, and the amount 
was fixed at 13 lakhs of rupees. The vakil, however, pretended that he had 
no authority to deliver up the province to the English, and there the 
matter seems to have rested for the time being. 
From this point there is little more to record of general history. 
The internal history of Balasore for the next thirty-four years is also 
nearly a blank. The Maratha Governors were as follows as far as can be 
ascertained: 
Sheo Bhat Santra ... ... ... ... 
• •• ••• A » D. 
1756 
Chimna Sahu and Udaipuri Gosain 
••• ••• }) 
1764 
Bhawani Pandit ... ... ... ... ... ... „ 
(Sheo Bhat in rebellion in Kanika and Kujang all this 
time). 
1764 
Shambhuji Ganesh ... 
1768 
Babaji Naik 
1771 
Madhaji Hari 
1773 
Babaji Naik (restored) 
• V • ••• M 
1775 
Madhaji Hari (restored) same year 
• •• • • • . « 
1775 
Bajaram Pandit 
• M *•« J J 
1778 
Sadashib Bao 
Chimnaji Bala... 
uncertain. 
1782 
Of the local Faujdars in the Balasore district tradition has pre¬ 
served some scattered reminiscences. Bhaskar Pandit was Faujdar about 
1760, and is mentioned as we have seen in the English records. The story 
of his having been carried off into Nilgiri by the Baja has been noticed 
above. From him is probably named the village of Bhaskarganj opposite 
to the Mission premises at Balasore. 
