Raja Baidyanath was third among Ramnath's four sons namely: Krishnanath, Roopnath, Baidyanath and Kantanath. A manuscript signed by Muhammad Jafir Khan, Subadar of Bengal, in which Baidyanath declared the rightful heir of his father. The character of Baidyanath was modest, gentle and weak-minded. He had given a lot of privilege to the Brahmins and due to that they became more powerful during his reign.
The political scenario of India changed immediately after Baidyanath took responsibility of the estate. The British obtained the Diwani of Bengal in 1765, with the right of collecting the revenues, and in 1772 or thereabouts an English collector or chief of the revenue was appointed to the zamindar of Dinajpur. F.W Strong(1912:25) has given a description of the policy and account of the new regime...........
It is probable that the strictness, with which the collection of the revenue was henceforth made, under the new regime, is accountable for the decline in prosperity of the family, which began about this time. The collectorate records do not begin till A.D.1786, and the first Collector, Mr.Marriot, appears to have only been a Collector in the more limited sense of being responsible for the payment of the Government revenue.Mr. Redfen and Mr.Vansittart, who were appointed subsequently for short periods, were probably in the same position. Mr.Hatch, who was appointed subsequently for short periods, were probably in the same position. Mr.hatch who was appointed Managing Collector of the Dinajpur Raj in 1786, and was vested with judicial powers and jurisdication over the greater part of the area covered by the present districts of Dinajpur, Malda and Bogra, was the first District Officer in the modern sense of the term.From this time on we have a regular record of the administration of the district. Raja Baidyanath died in 1780 without an heir.
The political scenario of India changed immediately after Baidyanath took responsibility of the estate. The British obtained the Diwani of Bengal in 1765, with the right of collecting the revenues, and in 1772 or thereabouts an English collector or chief of the revenue was appointed to the zamindar of Dinajpur. F.W Strong(1912:25) has given a description of the policy and account of the new regime...........
It is probable that the strictness, with which the collection of the revenue was henceforth made, under the new regime, is accountable for the decline in prosperity of the family, which began about this time. The collectorate records do not begin till A.D.1786, and the first Collector, Mr.Marriot, appears to have only been a Collector in the more limited sense of being responsible for the payment of the Government revenue.Mr. Redfen and Mr.Vansittart, who were appointed subsequently for short periods, were probably in the same position. Mr.Hatch, who was appointed subsequently for short periods, were probably in the same position. Mr.hatch who was appointed Managing Collector of the Dinajpur Raj in 1786, and was vested with judicial powers and jurisdication over the greater part of the area covered by the present districts of Dinajpur, Malda and Bogra, was the first District Officer in the modern sense of the term.From this time on we have a regular record of the administration of the district. Raja Baidyanath died in 1780 without an heir.
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