Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s6.6

v2.c28.s6.6

So, the Marathas sent a written pledge of alliance and friendly assurances to Najib, through Tukoji Holkar, and asked him to capture the Jat possessions in the middle Doab, at the same time that they invaded the Jat kingdom west of the Jamuna. Nawal Singh, the Jat Rajah, issued from Dig and was defeated after a bloody battle with Ramchandra Ganesh near Mathura (4-6 April, 1770.) Najib encamped at Chandausi (5 April), and in two days his men took the fort of Nohjhil, driving out its Jat garrison across the river. He very quickly wrested from the local officers the Jat parganahs of Jewar, Dankaur, Tappal, Dabahi &c., and encamped on the Jamuna east bank opposite Mathura.*