Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c52.s2.3

v4.c52.s2.3

So, when Mahādji, surrounded by still unsubdued enemies in the North, had appealed to Punā for money aid, Nānā Fadnis had replied in exasperated tones,—"Unlike Visāji Krishna and Rāmchandra Ganesh of former times (1769-1773) Sindhiā is not sending to the Punā Government accounts and balances of his collections in Jhānsi and Bundelkhand. That money belongs to the Peshwā. Patil Bābā imagines that the Government here has abundance of money, but it is not the case.. Our debt to our troops is mounting higher. Such is the pressure of want on us."*