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which the sum of 21 lakhs had been advanced to Meer Jaffir for the support of his own and the English army. For this latter sum Lord Clive accepted the liability, and suggested that it should be repaid in equal moieties by the company and the Nawab. In the same year it is incidentally recerded that the Council had been under the necessity of applying to the Seths for a loan of 11 lakhs of Rupees." P. 263.
"It is said that he refused an annual stipend of three lakhs of Rupees which was offered to him by Lord Clive, and that his own expenses were at the rate of one lakh per month.
Ibid.
"He (Khoshal Chand) adoped his nephew Hurruck Chand upon whom the title Jagat Seth was conferred by the English without any reference to Delhi. P. 264.
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N. B. Sir W. Hunter makes mention of the Jain temples in the Hill of Parasnath Consecrated by the Jagut Seths and still maintained by the family.
