The Maksudpur Raj Estate

A comparative table of the net rental from the different Zamindaris of the Behar Soubah as rated by Mir Kasim in 1757 (1170 FS) and the revised assessment by the EIC in 1765. Attached is an excerpt from ‘The Fifth Report from the Select Committee of the Affairs of the East India Company (Vol.1) – 1812′ – (page 512…)

Excerpt below from the Muzaffarnama by Karam Ali, translated by Sir Jadu Nath Sarkar in Bengal Nawabs 1952.

After being appointed the deputy governor of Bihar, Aliverdi Khan sends an army against Raja Sundar Singh in 1735.

Excerpt below from: The Riyazu-s-salatin, A History of Bengal by Ghulam Husain Salim, translated by Maulavi Abdus Salam, Calcutta, 1902

In 1748, Raja Sunder Singh, with a powerful corps, joins the avenging army of Aliverdi Khan Mahabat Jung enroute Azimabad (Patna). Hemmed in by Rohilla Afghans in the front and the Marathas in the rear, a decisive battle takes place at Baikuntpur.

Excerpt below from the Muzaffarnama by Karam Ali about the same battle near Barh in 1748. Raja Sundar Singh joins with 15,000 horse and foot.

Raja Sundar Singh granted the ‘Naubat’ *

* Granting of Naubat

Excerpt below from: Bengal Past and Present: Economy and Society in Mid Eighteenth Century Bihar by Paramita Maharatna

An estimate of the standing armies of the zamindari chieftains of the 18th century in Bihar.

The Chainpur Kothi at Digha, Patna