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18 days, succeeded in defeating Fatteh Shahi in battle, and at length 
obliged him to retreat to the jungles with the loss of many hundreds of 
his people who fell in the different engagements. Dujjoo Singh and his 
sons were also severely wounded, when Major Lucas with a reinforce¬ 
ment of Regular Troops came to his assistance, and uniting his forces 
with Dujjoo Singh, who for their gallant conduct he honoured by giving 
the lead in action, soon after drove Fatteh Shahi out of the district. That 
gentleman reported to Government the zeal and meritorious behaviour of 
Dujjoo Singh, and the Governor General was pleased to send for Dujjoo 
Singh to Benares, bestowed on him a kheiat of gold cloth and the 
usual habitments, with many other distinguished marks of his favour, and 
promised that when he, the Governor-General, returned to Patna, he 
would dismiss him with further honorary rewards, at the same time 
ordering the Dewan, Canto Babu, to furnish whatever he might require 
for his expenses. The Governor-General then went to Bijughur, and 
when he returned from thence to Calcutta, Dujjoo Singh intended to 
have gone with him, but owing to the wounds he had received in battle, 
he was unable to do so. When the Governor-General reached Calcutta 
he issued orders to Mr. Grome directing him to pay a pension of Rs. 200 
per month for the maintenance of Dujjoo Singh and ourselves, who were 
wounded with him, and the widows and orphans of those who had lost 
their lives on the occasion, the amount has been regularly paid to us to 
the end of Falgoon 1212, from which we and many others, the said 
widows and orphans of our adherents, obtained support and prayed for 
the Company’s prosperity. At the end of Falgoon Dujjoo Singh died, 
when the Acting Collector, Mr. Ravenscroft, resumed the pension. 
Sir, Dujjoo Singh was not the only person who came forward: we 
were also in the engagement and were severely vyounded; and the 
widows of our many followers who fell on the occasion are still in 
existence. The pension was granted both for their and our support, and 
the name of Dujjoo Singh was inserted only because he was our leader. 
Dujjoo Singh alone has paid the debt of nature. We, and many of the 
widows of Dujjoo Singh’s deceased adherents, are still living, and our sole 
support is from the pension of Rs. 200 per month granted to us by 
Government, and by the discontinuance of it we are reduced to extreme dis¬ 
tress. We are therefore hopeful from your goodness that the said pen¬ 
sion may be continued and coofirmed to our family; that we and the 
widows of our numerous deceased adherents may thereby receive a pro¬ 
vision for their maintenance, and offer up our prayers for the prosperity 
of the English Government. (A true Translation.) 
(Sd.) R. Graham, 
Acting Collector . 
