Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s6.5

v4.c55.s6.5

But even this surrender did not bring peace to that unhappy country. The Sikhs would not keep their word. A year had not passed after this agreement, when Sikh bands renewed their raids into the territories under Marātha rule. For many years afterwards a fluid state of anarchy and plunder continued in these regions. In short, Sikh raids were an annual occurrence in the Doāb every winter till the British conquest. The sickening details may be read in Atkinson's N.W.P. Gazetteer, vol. III. (Muzaffarnagar) or Dr. Hari Ram Gupta's History of the Sikhs, vol. II, Ch. 13 and 14. It will be enough to trace the course of events in outline here.