Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s3.5

v4.c47.s3.5

Fresh misfortunes now descended upon the unhappy land of Pratāp and Rāj Singh. The Chundā-ot and Shaktā-ot branches of the parent Sisodiā clan, of which the Mahārānā was the patriarchal head, fought against each other to seize the regency of the State, and when they got power, they alienated more and more of the Crownlands to their own members. The Chundā-ot Rāwat Arjun Singh of Kurāwad murdered the upright and able minister Somchand Gandhi (24th Oct. 1789) in the palace; but he had to flee the capital in shame and took refuge in Chitor fort with the head of his sub-clan, Rāwat Bhim Singh of Sālumbar. [Ojha, 676-679.]