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term of the proclamation was an exceedingly valuable one. It has noW been bestowed on the maharaja of Balrdmpur, Sardar Hira Singh, and Nawab Niwazish Ali Khan. It numbered 428 villages (Nawabi).
The
portion of the
Tke Malliipur iHqa. still
Gujiganj
ilaqa
which the R^ja of Piagpur secured
for himself in 1805 A. D., has always been more or less under cultivation from very early times. It is
held by the Piagpur
man under
the
name
of the Malhipur iMqa, 23
villages.*
It is perhaps hardly necessary to record that after the suppression of the sepoy rebellion, the English Government, to mark its restoration of
The
sense of the value of the support rendered to it by the Naipal Darbar, restored the whole of the lowlands lying between the river Kali (Sarda) and the district of Gorakhpur which had belonged to the State of Naipal in 1815 and were ceded to the British Government by the treaty of Sigauli. The treaty effecting this •restoration was signed on 1st November 1860. The territory so ceded corresponds" almost exactly with the old parganas of Rajhat and Behra and a portion of the Sujauli pargana. It comprised the Padampur, Mahalwara, the Tarai parganas to Naipal in 1860.
and B^nki
estates.
To complete the sketch
of the history of the northern portion of the disit is necessary to pass eastward to the Bhinga The Bhmga pargana. pargana ; as in the case of the Tarai parganas lying farther west, the hill Rdjas held possession of a portion of this one also The Rdja of Phalabang held 20 villages and a as late as 1669 A. D. Raja of Jartili held 58 villages in Dangdun, which corresponds as nearly as possible with that part of Bhinga which is trans-R^pti and a portion trict,
of Tulsipur.
These
villages lay to the north of the pargana, but the Ikauna family ^^'^ already established themselves in Durgapur on cadet of this family the north side of the Rapti.
At first held by membeis of the Ikauna
A
time held that portion of Bhinga which includes Bhinga proper and the Kakardari ilaqa.
fanuly.
also at this
Banjaras, however, were as troublesome here as in the north-west of the district, and the Janwd,r was fain to make over his Afterwar(fe transinterest in the estate to a marriage connexion by name ^"^^ Bhawani Singh, a Bisen, a younger son of the Gonda This man succeeded well in repressing the Banjaras and estabRaja. He brought under his sway all that portion lished his position securely. of the pargana which lies between the Rapti and the forest, as well as a considerable portion of the Tardi which lies to the north of the belt of forest, and in time he acquired a number of villages on the south bank of the river. There was probably no jungle on the lands, occupied in this way, nor does it seem that any attempt was ever made to clear the belt which runs parallel to the R^pti.
The
"
- Concerning the connection
between the Piagpur snd Charda
families, see article "Charda.'
