A History of the Mahrattas v2.c37.75

v2.c37.75

² [The Nizam’s resentment at the annexation of the Guntūr District was certainly a factor in his policy of forming a confederacy against the English. But ‘the Rumbold papers show that his displeasure had been aroused at an earlier date by the support given to his enemy Ragoba (Raghunāth Rāo) by the Bombay Government, and by a project which Hastings had planned for an alliance with the Marāthā Rājā of Nāgpur.’ (O.H.I., p. 540, and footnote.)]