Saturday, March 5, 2011

Page 9

Book Name : Accounts and papers of the House of Commons.
Author : Great Britain Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : From Oxford, 1865
This shows clearly that Maulvi Habib-ur-Rahman had a neutral approach towards the 1857 struggle. Neither did he support the rebels nor did he help the British. Rather it seems he was such an influential person that the British had no option but to hand over the management of Fatehpur Chaurasi, Mohan and Asiwan areas to him immediately after the annexation of kingdom of Oudh. This refutes the people who say the Habib ur Rahman got the Taluqdari by helping the British. This is historically wrong. Rather we should say that Habib-ur-Rahman was a man of so much of influence that British had no way but to accept him as the most competent authority over the territory he held for the past many years since his Chakladari.

Additionally, it is also a testimony to Maulvi Sahib’s honesty and integrity as the English officer himself disapproved the claim made by his predecessor Bal Kishan of keeping 2.5 lakhs of rupees in arrears. The officer says that this claim existed only in Bal kishan’s imagination.

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