Item CR9/10/29. - Letter from Nandakumara,

Rajah Ram Singh [Governor of Midnapore] arrived here today, i.e. Tuesday. He had brought with him two drafts of fifty thousand rupees. I informed Amir Beg Khan that Rajah Ram Singh says that he will deposit this sum only after he was assured that he would be restored to the Risalahdarship. Amir Beg Khan replied that the case of his appointment to risalah would be decided only if Clive and Amir Beg Khan would write to the Nawab Sahib for this. I could recall two hundred horsemen and five hundred artillery men under the charge of a friend of mine, Mir Sulaiman, and make him in chrage of this force but Rajah Ram Singh did not accept this offer saying that he had nothing to do with this risalah. Amir Beg Khan advised me that I should refere the matter to you. I will be awaiting for your decision on this issue. Meanwhile, on mid-day on Sunday I came to know that Rajah Tilokchand, a zamindar of Burdwan, with his men was obstructing our employees in sending government money and their passage to reach you. Therefore, I have sent a force of twenty five horsemen and one hundred soldiers to Burdwan to bring Ramchand Diwan and `q Majmuhdar Gokal. Later it was revealed by these two that the Deputy Diwan Raghu Indar was behind this mischief. They have now instructed their staff not to obstruct our messengers. I request you to send me a letter in English for Mr Scrafton who is in Muradbagh saying that he should recall his men he had sent to bring money to Burdwan and that he should not receive any money in Muradbagh. -- Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/2, entry no. 83.