Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s3.1

v4.c47.s3.1

We have seen (Ch. 24 § 15) that in July 1769, the Marathas had made a settlement with the Mahārānā of Udaipur by which he agreed to pay them 63½ lakhs of Rupees as contribution, only one-half of which could be then paid in cash and kind, and for the balance (30½ lakhs) the parganas of Jāwad, Jiran, Nimach and Morwān were mortgaged, but they were to be jointly administered by the officers of the Mahārānā and the Peshwā. The Marātha forces then left Mewār. A few years later, Ahalya Bāi, the widowed queen of Indore, took advantage of the utter weakness and confusion of the Mewār Government to annex its pargana of Nimbāhedā, in order to be equal with Sindhia. (Ojha, ii. 655, 670.)