Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c12.s1.6

v1.c12.s1.6

This was the last battle at which Jai Singh was present. He died on 21st September 1743 and was succeeded by his eldest son Ishwari Singh, whose reign of seven years was one long struggle with his younger brother Mādho Singh and Mādho Singh’s supporters, Rajput and Marātha. Shortly after Jai Singh’s death Mahārānā Jagat Singh of Mewār took the field to wrest the Jaipur throne for his nephew Mādho Singh and advanced to the village of Jāmoli, 5 miles south-west of Jahājpur (which is 11 miles south of Deoli cantonment), at the end of 1743. Here he halted for 40 days, a Jaipur force facing him; but no battle took place and peace was finally made by Ishwari Singh promising to give his brother a large appanage. [*Vam. Bh.* 3328 puts the annual yield of the promised estate at 5 *lakhs* and the Marathi letters at 24 *lakhs* of Rupees.] But Mādho Singh would be content with nothing less than half his father's heritage, for we find him often afterwards rising against his elder brother. Early in February 1745 one such attempt was nipped in the bud, when the Maratha partisans of Ishwari Singh surprised the Mahārānā's camp at midnight, fired into it and put the Mewār troops to flight at dawn. Mādho Singh and his uncle escaped to Udaipur and Ishwari Singh repudiated his former agreement.*