Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c12.s3.10

v1.c12.s3.10

On 10th July 1744, a Hādā army well provided with artillery, laid siege to Bundi, which was held by a qiladār from Jaipur. Fakhruddaulah, the newly appointed *subahdār* of Gujrat, was then making a pilgrimage at Ajmir on his way to his viceroyalty. He was hired by Durjan Sal’s *senāpati* Govindrām Nāgar for a *lakh* of Rupees to lend the support of his own troops in the attack on Bundi. Bundi was stormed by the besiegers on 28th July. The defeated Dalil Singh fell back on Tārāgarh, but continued to offer a stubborn resistance from that fort. Ishwari Singh had hurriedly sent an army to his support. But though Govindrām was killed, Fakhr-ud-daulah routed, and Ummed himself wounded, the campaign went against the Jaipur party; Dalil Singh had to remove with his family to Nenvé and Ummed occupied all the Bundi territory. [*Vam. Bh. 3354-3361.*]