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But more than that : the Bengal Government proceeded, after the transfer, to renew the grant of the zemindary to the Rajah, and the deeds of grant are in existence and tell their own tale. They are in the ordinary form of zemindary grants, and do not in any sentence suggest so much as a hint of any in- dependence on the part of the Rajah. He was simply a zemindar of the Company, and liable to contribute to its necessities in times of urgent need. There never was a time of more urgent need than ...that when troops and money were requisitioned from Cheit Sing. 1 No doubt the fine was heavy, but the treasure found in his fortresses, and the amount of gold and silver which he was known to have carried off with him, proved that he could have paid the amount demanded and have still been a wealthy man. In enforcing these demands, says Mr. Forrest, Hastings was actuated by no personal or malicious motives, but was com- pelled by the pressing exigencies of the hour and the desire 1 State Papers, Introd.
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