ॐहाव्र हेडिंभूख । [ २ं स्ठीः eक्षणॆः ঘটে বলির প্রকাশ। • অনেকে বলেন যে হাঙ্গামার কিছুকাল পরে खँझोग्न थुङ्गा श्ब्र, किरू शंक्रोभ ७°णय्क उँोशंब्र भूङ्गा cघाँबिङ इ७झांग्न, “THE HoN'BLE wARREN HASTINGS Governor General and Members óf the Supreme Couucil. коктwтыллм.
- Gentlemen,
It grieves me to be under the necessity of despatching an express to acquaint you with the following particulars. For some days past since the commencement of the present festival, the Musselmen who constitute two-thirds of the inhabitants of Sylhet have shown signs of the most turbulent and unruly disposition till this day they continued assembling, in numerous bodies and being armed held consultations upon the plain. Their intentions were at first not known further than being prepared for every kind of violence — t! _ At last they determined that the Gintoos should discontinue their religious ceremonies during the Mohorum and these harmless people were threatened with dreadful consequence if they disobeyed. Gintoos in a public body represented this to me as a grievance, they had never before experienced during the present Government petitioned for redress, I " I could do my utmost endeavours to prevent any " from taking place this I did to the utmost of my" but without effect. During the whole * this day they continued assembling and * * proceeded to the Dewan's house of worship and insisted upon his shutting it up which he accordingly did but with this * not satisfied they insisted also upon the wooden Gods being * destroyed this * was not is: Dewan with his priests, exposed their persons in * of the * Intelligence being brought me to this effect, I immediately despatched my Jemander of seapoys and the Head Canongoe both of them Musselmen to endeavour to persuade the * to desist " their reasoning proved in vain the
- , “A skirmish is said to have take place in town by the Mahmdans in which Manio Chand Dewan was supposed to be killed."
Hunter's statistical Accounts of Assam VOL. II. (Sylhet) P. 129.
