The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.151

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Akbar spent the summer of 1597 in Kashmīr, where he introduced a lighter assessment of the revenue and opened public works, which alleviated the distress of the famine-stricken, but returned to Lahore in the early winter. During his long sojourn in the north peace had not reigned in all parts of his empire, and the rebellion of Rām Chandra, Rājā of Bhath (Rewah), in Baghelkhand, was not suppressed until Rai Patr Dās captured his stronghold, Bāndhogarh.³ Mān Singh had been occupied in suppressing sporadic outbursts of rebellion in Bengal and Orissa, had destroyed a nest of rebels in the Sunderbans, and had suppressed two attempts to place a pretender on the throne of Cooch Behār, the ruler of which, Lachmī Nārāyan, had submitted to Akbar.