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was permitted to occupy the castle. leased and recovered the estate."

In 1222 Fasli her husband was re-

"

1833 A. D., Ihs^n Husen was nazim. His demands for revenue were deemed excessive by Jag„, TT. TT NazimDisa^Huseu. ^^^^^ g.^^^j^^ ^^^ ^^ ^alim Singh aforesaid. The nazim had considerable forces at his command 50,000 men and guns are

Again in 1240

.

Fasli, or

'



said to have composed his army. twelve days, when a compromise

He

beleaguered the fort of Bhadri for was effected. The next year matters were not so easily accommodated. The nazim proceeded to coerce a number of taluqdars, among whom was Lai (now Raja) Hanwant Singh of Dharupur. There a fight took place, and the nazim lost two guns. At Behti he encountered the Bisens again and lost two more guns. Assembling greater forces he invested Bhadri, and after a prolonged siege, Jagmohan and his son Bishndth fled across the border to British territory. At Ram Chaura on the Ganges, in fancied security, they were surprised by a party of the enemy headed by the nazim himself, and both were killed on the ghat of Ram Chaura. "

At

this vigorous action in his master's service the British Government ^°°^ great offence, and in order to atone for the

Intervention British

of

violation of British

Govern-

he was removed from office, also to make good all

soil,

The Oudh Government had

ment.

damage done by the inroad into the neighbouring territory. " The Taluqdars of Kundrajit do not give much matter for our

chronicles.

may

be enough to state that they were in opposition estate. to the Government officers from 1228 to 1234 Fasli, and in 1257 Fasli thus for eight years the estate was held kham. The

It

Kundrajit



The Chaurfc

The

"

Shekhpur estate.

The Shekhpur Chauras

estate has

no notable

annals. "

Dahiawan

1858

estate.



The Dahiawdn it is

estate

was kachcha or kham in

a small estate and was easily managed."

There are only two Raikwar proprietors of villages in the whole tahsil, ^^^ ^^ pargana Bihar, and the other in pargana ManikE 'kwars pur. The former is a grantee under our Government. The Raikwars, as has been previously stated, were the predecessors of the Sombansis in pargana Partabgarh. A stray member of the clan appears to have migrated to the neighbourhood of Manikpur, and to have obtained a grant of land from the Gardezis of the latter place.* The Bais of this and adjacent pargana are the " Kath-Bais."

Of the Brahmans of the Kundaf tahsil Mr. King ^^^^ ^-^^ foUowing account :— " The most numerous caste of Hindus is the Brahmans, but they are nowhere of importance or in power. There is much related of them which is not worth recording; but it is noteworthy that in the tahsil of Bihar, Brahmans are not of any high account among their Kunda Brahmans.

fellows,

for

their

origin,

it

is

said,

t Formerly caDed BOiar.
 * Mauza Eahipur, the Eaikwdr village alluded

is

traced to

to, is

Raja Manikchand,,

only four mUea from Manikpur,

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