The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.247

c10.247

In A.D. 1759 the Maráthás at length gained the fort of Ahmadnagar. It was betrayed to the Peshwa for a sum of money by the Nizám's commandant Kavi Jang, whose descendants still hold some inám villages in Karjat to the south of Ahmadnagar. War ensued between the Peshwa and the Nizám; the Maráthás began by taking the fort of Pedgaon on the Bhíma; they then attacked the Nizám at Udgir and forced him to come to terms (A.D. 1760). He surrendered the forts of Daulatábád, Sinnar, Asirgad, and Bijápur; confirmed the surrender of Ahmadnagar, and gave up the greater part of the provinces of Bijápur Bidar and Aurangábád. By this treaty the whole of the present district of Ahmadnagar and part of that of Násik were gained by the Maráthás. Next year they suffered the disastrous defeat of Pánipat, and the Nizám, taking advantage of their distress, advanced, burned the temples of Toka at the meeting of the Pravara with the Godávari, marched on Poona, and forced the Peshwa to restore some of the districts lately ceded.