Raja Baidyanath died in 1780 without an heir. His widow Rani Saraswati adopted a young boy named Radhanath. Radhanath obtained a sanad from the british declaring him successor to Baidayanath, on payment of a succession fee of 730 mohars. Warren Hastings signed the sanad where lands of the estate were given. Since Raja Radhanath was minor, the management of the estate was looked after first by Raja Devi Singh of Dilwarput, Murshidabad and later by one Janaki Ram Singh, brother of the Rani Sawaswati,...
