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Sumati-Jñana They purchase clothes from manufacturers and sell them to the merchants of Pune and Pandharpur.
In Chandrapur district, Jains are described as Kalar (distillers of spirit), Wani and Agriculturist. One of the moneylenders of Chandrapur was Chimna Sahu who is unfortunately described by a few later day historians as Chimna Bapu Bhosle. He was partner of Shivbhat Sathe, the subahdar of Orissa. When Shivbhat turned into rebel Chimna Sahu was asked to detain Shivbhat and dispatch him to Nagpur. Thus, Chimna Sahu became temporary subahdar of Orissa.? He favoured English hence granted them two residencies in the province. He also invited English against Shivbhat. However, he was soon replaced by Bhavani, Kalar official Subahdar of Nagpur state. Thus, the short rule of Chimna Sahu come to an end.
Thus, Jain religion survives and serves the society in the Nagpur state.
FOOTNOTES 1. Kelkar, Kamal, Vidarbhatil Prachin Murti, Nagpur, pp. 111-113; Karanjkar, B.K., Kalyan Tirthank, Nagpur District Gazetteer 1961, VISM 1989. 2. Aurangabadkar, Vinayak (ed.) Gadre Prabhakar - Purva Vidarbhatill Vivah (1823) (1999), p. 17. 3. Ibid, p. 18-20 4. Ibid, p. 20. 5. Jenkins Report, Vol. I, p. 50. 6. Aurang. Chanda Fol. 91b, 127 A (unpublished). 7. Calendar of Persian Correspondence, Vol. I, 2140, 2155, 2204. Chimna Bapu was a minor nephew of Janoji Raja of Nagpur. 8. C. P. C. I, 2178, 2179, 2204, for details see Gadre Prabhakar Bhosale of Nagpur and East India Company, 1993, Jaipur.
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