Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s2.8

v4.c48.s2.8

Apart from the jealous quarrel about parity in landed possessions and revenue between the houses of Sindhia and Holkar, there was a basic conflict of policy in their attitude to the Rajput princes. We have seen how in the pre-Panipat days and even during the Maratha return to the North after that disaster, Malhar Rao Holkar I had always worked at cross purposes to Dattaji and Mahadji Sindhia. While the Sindhias nursed a deadly feud with Najib-ud-daula’s family, Malhar Holkar had made Najib his “adopted son” and always thwarted the Sindhias by supporting the Ruhela cause in the Peshwa’s council and their joint operations in Hindustan.