History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c49.s6.3

v3.c49.s6.3

When Aurangzib demanded the surrender of the infant Ajit Singh and placed a guard round his house to prevent his escape, Durgadas took counsel with his brother nobles and quickly formed a plan for saving his infant master. They pleaded with Aurangzib for delay, urging that the child was too young to be parted from his mother, and promising to present him at Court when he had grown up. The Emperor's wrath was inflamed by this resistance and on 15th July he sent a strong force under the Provost of Delhi city and the Captain of the imperial guards to seize the Ranis and Ajit and lodge them in the prison fortress of Nurgarh.†