[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.s2.8 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s2.8 Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s2.8 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c48.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.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. - [Previous: v4.c48.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.7) - [Next: v4.c48.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.9) - [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.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c48.s2.8) · Pramāṇa