A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.40

v2.c35.40

The countenance shown to the impostor naturally occasioned complaints from the ministers,² but their remonstrances became still more strong when they received information that Rugonath Rao had on the 11th November repaired to Bombay,³ where he had been received, and an allowance settled upon him of ten thousand rupees a month. Rugonath Rao had in the month of August refused a fresh offer of five lacks of rupees annually, with permission to reside at Benares, which was made through Colonel Upton; and it appeared that he had quitted Surat as if he had intended to join the pretended Sewdasheo Rao, but having been obliged to seek shelter in the fort of Tarrapoor, he requested the commander of one of the Company's cruisers to give him a passage to Bombay, which the officer did not consider it proper to refuse.