Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s1.6

v4.c56.s1.6

Perron was created Colonel in 1796, and stayed with Daulat Rao Sindhiā at Punā till 22nd August 1797, when he was sent off to Northern India to take charge of the military jāgirs which Mahādji had assigned for De Boigne’s corps. As yet he was not viceroy of Sindhiā’s Hindustan dominions, the Agra—Delhi—Doab country, for that post was held by Lakhwā Dādā, whom Perron had to obey. We have seen in Chapter 43 the part played by Perron in the Widows’ War against Daulat Rao. After the first dismissal of Lakhwā Dādā, Sindhiā rewarded Perron’s loyalty by authorising him to wrest the fort of Delhi (and with it the custody of the Emperor) from Lakhwā’s agent Bhāu Bhāskar Tātyā, which Perron effected through his lieutenant Pedron, in October 1798. [PRC. viii. p. xv. Nos. 74-78. Martineau 61.]