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PLACES
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BIJLI ZAMINDARI
Bijli Zamindari.—"' This estate is situated in the east of the Tirora tahsil between the Bagh River and the Salekasa
and Darekasa sub-zamindaris. A considerable part of it is wild and mountainous with forests of inferior species of timber trees and bamboos. There is some open and fertile country along the Bagh river. The area of the estate is 59 square miles and it contains 29 villages. The estate was granted by Chimnaji Bhonsla, brother of Raghuji II, to the Lodhi family, in subordination to the Zamindar of Kamtha, who at that time was the principal executive authority in the tracts east of the Wainganga. In 1856 it became independent of Kamtha. In 1844 the estate was partitioned between three brothers on payment of a fee of Rs. 10,000
to the Nagpur Raja of the 29th villages 15 are held by
inferior proprietors and 7 by lessees. At settlement the shares
were separately assessed [Reproduced from Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Bhandara District, 1908 ed., pp. 193-94.]" |
