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carelessness on the part of the Jains in implementing the property rules, the king extended his rights over the wood, grass and the herbal trees on the hill.
In 1886, the local ruler leased some land in the vicinity of the hill to an Englishman named Bedam for growing tea. After maintaining a tea garden for four or five years, the Englishman built a factory for extracting the fat of pigs. This factory was 2 to 3 miles away from Sametshikhar, but it was included in the circular route along which pilgrims performed the Pradakshina of the holy hill. Pilgrims could hear the screams of the pigs which were being slaughtered. How could the devotees of Lord Arishtanemi keep quiet at this animal slaughter?
This was the same Tirthankara who had become a sannyasi at the doorstep of his wedding - pandal!
The leaders of the Jain sangh complained to the commissioner of Hazaribaug. The commissioner, however, dismissed the complaint, saying, 'the government cannot interfere in any commercial matter'. Then a complaint was filed in the district court, and a stay obtained for the factory. The judgement of the court, however, went against the Jain community. The Jains appealed to the High Court. All the expenses of the case were borne by a rich Jain gentleman from Calcutta, Babusaheb Badriprasadji.
The community thought of obtaining the advice of Virchandbhai. There, however, was a hurdle. The primary evidence was not presented at the district court becuase it consisted of letters, insriptious and tamrapatras in the local language Bengali. All the same, when Virchandbhai was approached, he stayed in Calcutta for some time, learnt the Bengali language, copied the required documentation,
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