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BHAGI SUB-ZAMANDARI

Bhagi Sub-Zamindari: "This is a sub-zamindari of Deori Kisori lying in the east of the Sakoli tahsil, along the Bagh river.

It has an area of 30 square miles, about half of which is covered by forest, saj being the principal timber tree. The estate is held by a Raj-Gond family and was apparently acquired at the time of Chimanaji Bhonsala's return from Orissa. It is said to have been granted as a reward for the destruction of a man-eating tiger. The family, which is a large one, is related to the zamindars of Purada. The estate contains 12 villages, of which one is held by an inferior proprietor and the remainder are managed direct by the zamindar [Reproduced from 1908 edition of Bhandara Gazetteer, pp. 185-86]." Bhagi is now an. insignificant village.

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