Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c53.s3.24

v4.c53.s3.24

Then the pendulum of Daulat Rao's mind swung in the opposite direction once more. The Widows' War was only increasing his debt and distraction, and he must seek relief by a change of ministers. About 11th April, he ordered Bālobā Tātyā to be brought out of confinement with the idea of making him his prime minister again and thus facilitating the return of Lakhwā Dādā to his service and reconciliation with the royal Widows. The rise of Jaswant Rao Holkar and his resistless progress through Sindhiā's Mālwā territory, showed Daulat Rao how very weak in defence he now was. Lakhwā had become the ally of Jaswant in a common hostility to his former master.