The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.233
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.233
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Malhār Rāo Holkar had already been engaged in ravaging Mālwā and Girdhar Bahādur, the governor, who enjoyed a respectable military reputation, commanded neither the troops nor the resources which would have enabled him to offer effective opposition to the raids of so mobile an enemy. Repeated appeals to the imperial court fell on deaf ears and Girdhar died in battle (December, 1728). A relative who succeeded him was left to his own resources and met the same fate three years later.