[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c51.78 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.78 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.78 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c51.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.78) Perron, who had for some time been conscious of a decline in Sindia’s favour, and had even made some overtures to General Lake before the commencement of the war, proceeded, after the affair at Coel, to Muttra, where he received certain accounts of his being superseded in the government of Sindia’s districts, and that his successor and personal enemy Ambajee Inglia was intriguing with the French officers under him, to deprive him of his Jagheer, and of course of his command. Under these circumstances, to secure his private fortune and avoid a crisis in which he had nothing to gain, he addressed a letter to General Lake on the 5th September, requesting permission to pass with his effects, his family, and the officers of his suite, through the Company’s territories to Lucknow; with which General Lake, under instructions from the Governor-General, yielded a ready compliance. - [Previous: v2.c51.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.77) - [Next: v2.c51.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.79) - [Up: v2.c51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.78) · Pramāṇa