Shivaji and His Times c5.s6.45

c5.s6.45

On the first day the envoy held the usual ceremonial conversations. Finding out the ins and outs of the place and learning that Chandra Rao usually lived in a careless unguarded manner, Raghunath formed his plan of action. The second interview with Chandra Rao was held in a private chamber. Raghunath talked for some time, and then drew his dagger all of a sudden and stabbed Chandra Rao and his brother Surya Rao. The assassins promptly rushed out of the gate, cut their way through the alarmed and confused guards, beat back the small and hurriedly gathered band of pursuers and gained a chosen place of hiding in the forest.