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 By another Sanad of the same year he was granted 401 bighas of rent-free lands for his residence and the Zamindari right of the following twelve Parganas, namely Kalikata, (Calcutta) Dharsa, Amirpur, Balanda, Khalore, Manpur, Sultanpore, Hathiagarh, Medamulla, Kujpore, Kaunia and Magura.

At the time we are speaking of, a reign of terror had begun in this part of Bengal, owing to the repeated incursions of the Marhattas or Burgees as they were called in common parlance. Locust-like they came in numbers and plundered everything they could lay their hands upon. Like many other