Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s3.4
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s3.4
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In 1786, the patriotic minister Somchand Gandhi tried to organise a coalition of the Rajput kingdoms for expelling the Marathas from Rajasthan. Next year came Mahādji Sindhia’s retreat from Lalsot (Aug. 1787), and then the combined Mewār and Kotā forces attacked and recovered Nimbāhedā, Nakump, Jiran, and Jāwad, while other bands drove out the Maratha garrisons from Singoli and Rāmpurā. But the tide turned when Ahalyā Bāi sent a strong army which defeated the Mewār troops with heavy slaughter at Had-Kyā-Khāl (in February 1788), and the Marathas next recovered all their recently lost parganas and forts in that State.