[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Fall of the Mughal Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932) › v4.c48.s2.2 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s2.2 Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c48.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.2) Peace and effective collection of tribute from Rajputana could have been enforced only by the presence there of an officer of the Peshwā—such as his brother or uncle—with authority to override Holkar and Sindhia alike. But such a legate plenipotentiary was not then available. On the contrary, Nānā Fadnis, the regent of the boy Peshwā, almost openly set up Tukoji Holkar and Ali Bahadur to thwart Mahadji and humiliate him before the public in Hindustan. - [Previous: v4.c48.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.1) - [Next: v4.c48.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.3) - [Up: v4.c48.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.2) · Pramāṇa