13 
1902.J S. C. Hill —Account of late Maharaja Nubhissen Bahadur. 
was informed that the mother of Nabakrishna had come of the Saris a 
Bose family and that young Nabakrishna used to visit his maternal 
uncle’s house now and then. 
“ When Colonel Clive halted at Fulta on the Hughli, on his expedition 
to re-capture Calcutta from Nowab Sirajoodowla, he was put to great 
trouble for want of provisions. Nabakrishna was then staying with his 
maternal uncles at Sarisa. Having received news of Clive’s difficulties, 
he began to collect rice, ghee, live stock, &c., and succeeded in getting a 
decent supply through the interest of the Bose family, who possessed 
great influence in that part. Young Nabakrishna had then a presenti¬ 
ment that he would make or mar his fortune, though his relatives were 
not very sanguine about the success of his adventure ; they had then 
misgivings and endeavoured to dissuade him at first, but he was not a 
man to be deterred from an undertaking on which he had his heart. 
“ He then started for Fulta which lay about 6 miles from Sarisa 
presented himself before Clive who was struck by his pre-possessing 
appearance and resourcefulness, and accepted whatever provision he had 
brought with great joy. Nabakrishna followed the expedition up the 
river, and rendered useful service to his employer Clive by bringing pro¬ 
visions as far as Budge-Budge, where Manickchand, the Nowwab’s Gover¬ 
nor of the local Fort, showed some fight. Since that time, Nabakrishna 
who was well-versed in Persian, the lingua-Franca of India at that time, 
and had a smattering of English, was employed by Clive as his Munshee 
and rose step by step into high favour, till at last in 1765, when the Em¬ 
peror of Delhi conferred the Dewani of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, on the 
East India Company, he played a prominent part by acting as inter¬ 
preter between Clive and the Emperor, for which he was eminently 
fitted on account of his knowledge of Persian and English.” 
