A History of the Mahrattas v2.c58.39

v2.c58.39

Ramdeen surrendered on being promised pardon, but Bajee Rao evaded compliance with that part of the stipulated terms which required the surrender of Trimbukjee; he escaped to the southward, and for a time attempted to collect adherents and conceal himself as before; but Captain Briggs,² Mr. Elphinstone’s agent in Candeish, discovered the place of his retreat, and by a well-concerted plan, sent a party of irregular horse under Lieutenant Swanston,¹ who seized him in the village of Aheergaom. He was afterwards conveyed to the fort of Chunargurh in Bengal, where he remains a prisoner. The surrender of Bajee Rao was an important event, and was rendered more so by the escape of Appa Sahib, a circumstance which partly actuated Sir John Malcolm during the negotiation.