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 30 NIG and gives its nainc to both the pargana and tahsil. He holds a large ilága consisting of the whole of (1) The Sissaindi pargana, with the exception of one village. (2) Of Mau and Dewa, and the estate of Karora in Mohanlal ganj, cleven villages in all. (3) Of Barauna, &c., twelve villages in pargana Bijnaur. (4) Of Dadlaha, &c,, twenty-five in the district of Unao. Fifty-cight villages in all, assessed at Rs. 54,989. The Dadlaha cstates he received for his services during the mutiny. The Barauna estates he acquired by sale. Karora he got by a mortgage transfer in 1238 fasli (1838 A.D.), the genuine nature of which trausac- tion however is strenuously denied by the old zamindars. Mau and Dewa were only held on farm. But the Sissaindi cstate was acquired through Páthak Amirt Lál. The proprietary of this pargana is said to have vested on the chief of the Bais family of Kurar Sidauli, and it was one of the nine parganas that fell to the Naistha house on the partition of the Baiswara principality. In 1231 fasli (1824 A.D.), on the occasion of the investment of Shankar Saháe, grandson of Amirt Lál, with the Brahmani- cal cord, he induced the Ráni Basant Kuowar, the widow of Rája Dirgpál Singh, to confer the pargana on him in shankalp. Páthak Amirt Lál had three sons :-(1) Kundan Lal, whose son was Shankar Saháe, whose cord-investment occasioved the gift. The wife of Shankar Sahảe still holds her share in the estate, though subordinate to the taluqdar. (2) Sítárám, whose share Rája Káshi Parshad bought up when he defaulted. (3) And Mohan Lắl, father-in-law of Rája Kashi Parshád. These three all died previous to 1248 fasli (1841 A.D.); and from 1243 fasli to 1259 fasli (1836 to 1852 A.D.), the estate was held either by the widow of Shankar Sahée or Mohan Lal. This is the pedigree :- Balzh8hí Bám, I Páthak Amirt Lál. 1 Sítárám. Mohan Lál. Kundan Lál. A danghter werried to Rája Shankar Saháe, Kishi Parshad. The history of Taluqdar Thákur Bhagwán Bakhsh, of Kusmaura, lies in the Rae Bareli district, and he only possesses in this pargana of Nigo- han the small estate of Kusmaura consisting of five villages, which he inherited from his adoptive mother, the widow of Jawahir Singh, Bais. The Bais's title is however questionable; there are no records of his holding at all till 31 fasli (1847 A.D.): But it seems that Nigohán was one of the nine parganas of the Baiswára principality that are said to have fallen to the Naistha house on the division of Rája Tilok Chand's kingdom.