1 THE BHADOUR CHIFFSHIP. 259
2 ‘gion than administration, and built and endowed many
3 temples and charitable institutions, At the time of the
4 Satlej campaign he gave assistance tq the British with a
5 contingent, and furnished supplies to the army. After
6 the campaign, when the whole question of the relations of
7 Government to the States, and their relation to each other
8 was discussed and settled, the connection of Pattiala and
9 Bhadour could not but come under review, and since the
10 question was disputed with especial warmth and earnest-
11 ness, it is necessary to ewplain the circumstances of the
12 case with some detail.
13 The proposals of the Board of Administration regarding
14 the joint-estates held by Pattiala and other Sirdars had
15 been formally approved by Government, and, in obedience
16 to their instructions, the estates had been divided and
17 disputed questions regarding them adjusted.’ But at
18 the date of Colonel Mackeson’s report of 1850, no orders
19 had been passed with reference to the territory of Bha-
20 dour, comprising fifty-eight villages, and situated on the
21 southern border of the Firozpur district, and over these
22 villages the Maharaja of Pattiala exercised sovereign
23 jurisdiction, as he did over all joint-estates before the
24 final division above referred to. Colonel Mackeson held
25 that the British Government possessed the right of escheat
26 to heirless shares, but did not determine the exact rela-
27 tions between the Maharaja of Pattiala and the Bhadour
28 Sirdars. Mr Edmonstone, Commissioner of the Cis-Satlej
29 States, had been in favour of admitting the independence
30 of Bhadour. He considered that the Phulkian families
31 had each gained its principality by the sword, and that
32 1 Colonel Mackeson’s Report, No. 16; dated 8th January 1850. Proceed-
33 ings of. Financial Commissioner, Nos. "6 to 83, dated 10th January 1852.
34 His service in
35 1845,
36 The great dispu
37 regarding sup
38 Toacy over Bha.
39 dour, A.D. 1850
40 The general
41 orders of Gover.
42 ment regarding
43 joint-estates,
44 The number of
45 Bhadour village
46 The opinion of
47 Colonel Macke-
48 son and Mr
49 Edmonstone.
50 Government Order, No. 399, dated- 27th February 1852; and Financial _
51 Commissioner’s Proceedings, Nos. 118, 119, dated 13th March 1852.