Rambullubh Bhattacharjya, for the support of a religious
institution and seminary. The Collector deputed his ameen to
the spot, to enquire whether the institution on which the
pension was claimed was still maintained. The ameen reported
that the institution appeared to be kept up, that the number of
scholars generally entertained was about five or six, and that the
allowance had been sanctioned by the government during the
joint lives of Rambullubh Bhattacharjya and his deceased
brother. Under these circumstances, the Revenue Board
considered the claimant entitled to the full amount of the
pension during his life, or as long as he should continue to
appropriate it faithfully to the purposes for which it was
originally granted. They accordingly authorised the future
payment of this pension to Rambullubh Bhattacharjya, and the
discharge of all arrears which had accrued subsequently to the
decease of the claimant’s brother.
In March, 1819, the Collector of Burdwan applied to the
Revenue Board for instructions respecting certain payments to a
musjid and madrasa in the district, respecting which a suit had
been instituted in the Calcutta Court of Appeal, and the question
ordered by that Court to be determined by the Collector under
Regulation XIX, of 1810. The establishment in question was in
the hands of Musil-ud-deen, who was called upon to produce his
accounts, which he appears not to have done satisfactorily. The
Collector, therefore, sent his ameen to the place to ascertain to
what extent the establishment was kept up. That officer reported
favourably of the establishment on the authority of the inhabit-
ants of the village in which the madrasa was situated, but with-
out any documents to corroborate his statements. Under these
circumstances, the Revenue Board desired the Collector to take
an opportunity of visiting the spot, in order that he might
himself ascertain the grounds on which a decision might be
come to. Nothing further appears relating to this madrasa.
In July, 1823, the Revenue Board reported an endowment
for a College in Burdwan of 254 sicca rupees per annum, which
was communicated to the General Committee of Public
Instruction.
JESSORE: (p.73)
I have met with no reference to indigenous schools, either
elementary or learned, in this district, but it is beyond all