New History of the Marathas v2.c28.10

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¹ P. D. 2. 77. See also Nuruddin Hussain’s *Life of Najib-ud-daula* translated by Sir J. N. Sarkar (Marathi version in *Ait. Patrav.* No. 447). Dr. Shrivastav in his life of Shuja-ud-daula (I) writes (p. 30 and 53) :— “Determined to revive the long forgotten days of Aurangzeb, the Qazi of the town of Benares rallied a party of fanatical Muslims and demolished on 2nd September 1755 the renovated temple of Vishveshwar situated in a corner of the Alamgiri mosque. Upon this the Peshwa asked Shuja to hand over the holy city to the Marathas. He prepared a sanad to that effect and made it over to the Maratha agent Gopalrao Ganesh. But Raghunathrao broke off the negotiations with Shuja.” P. D. 21. 124 ; 27. 165.