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his troops, of which upwards of a thousand were present, dispirited at the loss of their leader, fled with the raja of Balrampur, and did not His younger brother, the rest tiU they had reached British territory. present rfija, Krishan Datt Ram, was at the time in his fort at Dhanepur, where Muhammad Hasan made a vain attempt to surprise hira. He

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followed him into the Burhapara pargana, and engaged him in a sanguinary conflict at Nathpur on the English frontier, but failed to get him into Some British subjects were killed by stray shots, and a reprehis power. sentation was made through the Resident, General Sleeman, which ended in the dismissal of Muhammad Hasan from the post which he had disThe Oudh Government, to show their regret for what had hapgraced. pened, conferred the title of raja on the youthful Ganesh Datt Ram Pande, the eldest son of the murdered man, an honour which was subsequently transferred to Krishan Datt Ram, his brother, who succeeded as head of the family to the possession of the estates.

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Annexation, as in the rest of Oudh, passed off quickly, and Colonel Boileau, who had been appointed deputy commissioner. Settlement of the proceeded on a tour to make a settlement of the land '^^ *^°^°' revenue. It soon became necessary to take steps Ld BoiTelT'' against one Fazl Ali, a notorious freebooter, who had previously been the principal actor in some thrilling scenes at Lucknow described by General Sleeman. He was then lurking in the jungles at the north of this district, from which he would occasionally sally forth to plunder and burn a village. Colonel Boileau and his assistant marched against him at the head of a small body of volunteers, and found him in a mud house at the edge of the jungle. The assistant had been sent round by another route, but Colonel Boileau, who arrived at the spot at early dawn, determined not to wait for him, but take immediate action. He therefore rode forward in advance of his men and Colonel Boileaxi Idlsummoned the bandit to surrender. The only answer l^athofthrmur^erel was a ball, which hit him in the groin. His horse turned and threw him in an arhar field, while his attendants one and all took to flight. Fazl Ali issued from the hut, and cutting the wounded man's head off, hung it up on a pipal tree, where it was found by his party on their return. The murderer escaped at the time, but was surprised and slain a few days after.

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sent to the district when the mutiny broke Raja Debi Bakhsh, who had been in Lucknow ^^ business, returned and honourably escorted the Government treasure into Fyzabad. He then assumed the leading part in the rebellion of the district, and his first care was to level to the ground all the forts out.

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in the possession of the Pandes, the only family capable of offering him They were no longer led by the strong arm and head of resistance. Ram Datt Ram, and Raja Krishan Datt fled to Lucknow, where he was soon followed by the Gonda r^ja, who, with a thousand men, joined the Begam's standard. Soon after his arrival he was reinforced by four hundred Gordha Bisens under the several heads of the clan. In the meantime the raja of Balrampur had received the English ofiicers, with Mr. Wingfield,

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