The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . e day of the Idul Fitre in 1838. The ActingGovernor General at once wrote a letter of congratu-lations and assurances and published a Proclamationnotifying the Nawabs succession to the heriditaryhonors and dignities of the Nizamut and Subadarfof Bengal, Behar and Orissa.* Of the sixteen lacs assigned to him, His Highnesss personal allottment was seven and a half lacsand from the remainder, provision was t
The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . e day of the Idul Fitre in 1838. The ActingGovernor General at once wrote a letter of congratu-lations and assurances and published a Proclamationnotifying the Nawabs succession to the heriditaryhonors and dignities of the Nizamut and Subadarfof Bengal, Behar and Orissa.* Of the sixteen lacs assigned to him, His Highnesss personal allottment was seven and a half lacsand from the remainder, provision was to be madefor the other members of the family, any unexpendedbalance going to the formation of a fund, known asthe Nizamut Deposit Fund, which latterly becamethe subject matter of great controversy. In 1850, His Highness sent to Her Majesty thelate Queen Victoria certain articles of State decora-tion of local manufacture, which Her Majesty publiclyexhibited in London and which were much appreciated^by her and the British public. \ Feredun Jah founded the Nizamut School and th^:Nizamut College, now known as the Nawabs HighSchool and the Nawabs Madrassa, respectively. ? •mm:. ^ .» %. NAWAB FEREDUN JAH. MAJUMDARS MURSHIDABAD. PANCY PRESS. [ 53 ] In 1853, the death of two servants in the Nawabsshooting camp having caused some suspicion, hisattendants, chief among- whom was Aman Ali Khan,the principal eunuch, were prosecuted for the eunuchs were acquitted by the Supreme Courtand they were received back in the Nawabs service. But Government ordered their peremptory dismissal. In the same year, it was declared that the NawabNazim had no treaty rights. This was followed in1854 by the abrogation of all the former privelegesof the Nazim. The Nawabs salute of nineteen gunswas reduced to one of thirteen and the four Regula-tions and Acts of 1799, 1805, 1806 and 1822, securingto him certain priveleges, were repealed and theNazims right of control over the Nizamut DepositFund wa
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