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Sheo Bhatt claimed that Burdwan and Midnapur were part of [[Orissa]] and should not fall into the hands of either the Nawab or the British. The British countered that [[Burdwan]] was granted to the Company by the Nawab and the King to cover military expenses, while Midnapur had long been independent of [[Orissa]] and was now under the Company’s control for maintaining troops.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=Ov4rAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Sheo+|title=Studies in the Economic History of Orissa from Ancient Times to 1833|publisher=Vinod Shankar Das|year=1978|pages=96–100}}</ref> | Sheo Bhatt claimed that Burdwan and Midnapur were part of [[Orissa]] and should not fall into the hands of either the Nawab or the British. The British countered that [[Burdwan]] was granted to the Company by the Nawab and the King to cover military expenses, while Midnapur had long been independent of [[Orissa]] and was now under the Company’s control for maintaining troops.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=Ov4rAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Sheo+|title=Studies in the Economic History of Orissa from Ancient Times to 1833|publisher=Vinod Shankar Das|year=1978|pages=96–100}}</ref> | ||
In 1761, Sheo Bhatt invaded Midnapur again, plundering it thoroughly. The British retaliated, capturing the money Sheo Bhatt had collected from Pataspur, a region under his control. To pressure Tilak Chand into paying the demanded sum, Sheo Bhatt appointed Rai Govind to the zamindari of Chitnam Berda, which belonged to Tilak Chand, but failed to achieve his goal. | In 1761, Sheo Bhatt invaded Midnapur again, plundering it thoroughly. The British retaliated, capturing the money Sheo Bhatt had collected from Pataspur, a region under his control. To pressure Tilak Chand into paying the demanded sum, Sheo Bhatt appointed Rai Govind to the zamindari of Chitnam Berda, which belonged to Tilak Chand, but failed to achieve his goal.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UGTxUHzhYXwC&pg=PA71&dq=sheo+bhatt&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQlqzR07WIAxWRwzgGHYkeIoYQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=sheo%20bhatt&f=false|title=Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833|publisher=Binod Sankar Das|year=1984|pages=72}}</ref> | ||
{{Quote|text=Gentlemen The Bengal Province having suffered much from the incur- sions and ravages of the Marathas over it since they had possession of Cuttack, we have determined, in concert with the Nawab, to send a force to rout them from that place and restore that province to the Subah-ship of Bengal, to which it by right pertains. | {{Quote|text=Gentlemen The Bengal Province having suffered much from the incur- sions and ravages of the Marathas over it since they had possession of Cuttack, we have determined, in concert with the Nawab, to send a force to rout them from that place and restore that province to the Subah-ship of Bengal, to which it by right pertains. | ||