Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c34.s13.8
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c34.s13.8
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v3.c34.s13.8
In the meantime, during his absence the Marathas had tried to force the ford at Rāmghāt about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th, but they had been repulsed by the heavy guns and troops left there by the Nawab of Oudh under his eunuch Mahbub Ali Khan. This was the last Maratha raid into Rohilkhand, and just one year after it that province was for ever closed to them by being annexed to Oudh and thus brought under British protection.