The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.66

v4.c21.s1.66

After the Marāthā conquest of the Punjab¹ Dattājī Sindia sought to crush Najīb-ud-Daula, and marched towards Sahāranpur. Najībud-Daula, unable to meet his enemy in the field, entrenched himself at Shukartār, seventeen miles south-west of Sahāranpur, where Dattājī Sindia besieged him throughout the rainy season of 1759 while another force under Govind Pant Bundele crossed the Ganges and devastated northern Rohilkhand, driving the Afghāns into the hills and depriving Najīb-ud-Daula of hopes of relief from that quarter. At the end of the rainy season, however, Shujā‘-ud-Daula marched to his assistance, defeated Govind Pant near Chāndpur,² and put him to flight. Further operations were unnecessary as Dattājī Sindia was obliged by the news of Ahmad Shāh Abdālī’s fresh invasion of India to abandon the blockade of Shukartār and recross the Jumna; and in December, 1759, Shujā‘-ud-Daula returned to Oudh.