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<blockquote data-quote="ashdoc" data-source="post: 149990" data-attributes="member: 15932"><p><strong>Arrogance of the bhau ; the marathas friendless in north india !!</strong></p><p></p><p>Once the marathas had crossed the chambal river , the politics in north india came to full swing , as they had come into the theater of operations.</p><p></p><p>bhau sent embassys to all princes in north india to join him.only the jat raja of bharatpur joined him temporarily. otherwise no-one was ready to join him.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand , the ruler of awadh , nawab shuja-ud-daula joined abdally.so did the pathans of farrukabad.but no hindu was willing to join the marathas.</p><p></p><p>the reason for this was not far to seek. everyone knew that if the marathas won at panipat ,they would become the rulers of india. that meant of destruction of everyone , muslim or hindu. on the other hand , if abdally won , not only would they be free of the maratha menace , but abdali himself would go back . the afghans did not have the staying power of the marathas , and were not about to create an empire in india. so everyone would ,in fact ,survive in event of an afghan win.</p><p></p><p>the maratha behaviour of looting even hindus had not endeared them to hindus. this episode of ishwari singh is enough to show how relations between them and the rajputs had deteriorated--</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.indianetzone.com/37/mahar...ler_jaipur.htm" target="_blank">http://www.indianetzone.com/37/mahar...ler_jaipur.htm</a></p><p></p><p>now even the hindus rooted for maratha defeat. abdali and najib were ever-ready to raise the bogey of islam to win muslim rulers.thus the marathas were now friendless.....</p><p></p><p>the next step of bhau was to invade delhi. as the yamuna was impassable in the rains due to floods , and abdali was on the opposite bank of delhi, abdali could do nothing as the maratha cannons bombarded delhi ,and it surrendered. this recovered the lost prestige of the marathas .</p><p></p><p>at delhi ,a war council was held , in which both malhar-rao holkar and jat raja suraj mal gave sound advice to bhau---they asked that the heavy baggage , women , camp followers ,.etc which they had brought should be sent southwards , as it would prove a major impediment in the expedition .in event of defeat , they could run away if the army was on light horses ,and escape to fight another day.</p><p></p><p>bhau rejected this advice !!......... he insulted malhar-rao by calling him a shepherd ( as he belonged to that caste of dhangars ) ,and insulted jat raja suraj mal by calling him a mere zamindar !!. he resolved to take the women and camp followers into the zone of battle !!</p><p></p><p>the jat raja was so incensed by this that he abandoned the marathas ,and went back to his domains. malhar-rao secrectly said that if these pune brahmins were allowed to go on like this , they would one day finish off all of maratha caste !!.......he realised that bhau was a foolhardy commander , and began secret talks with najib khan to save his own skin . najib agreed to not fight malhar if he also did not attack najib.</p><p></p><p>with the jat raja going back ,the marathas were all alone in north india ,without allies against a foe who outnumbered them ,and had all muslim rulers on his side.</p><p></p><p>the whole of north india ,hindu or muslim was rooting for a maratha defeat ,except the sikhs .......and the marathas did not have the political acumen to make contact with the sikhs.</p><p></p><p>inspite of coming to save the common north indian people from afghan atrocities ,the marathas were without friends in north india !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashdoc, post: 149990, member: 15932"] [B]Arrogance of the bhau ; the marathas friendless in north india !![/B] Once the marathas had crossed the chambal river , the politics in north india came to full swing , as they had come into the theater of operations. bhau sent embassys to all princes in north india to join him.only the jat raja of bharatpur joined him temporarily. otherwise no-one was ready to join him. on the other hand , the ruler of awadh , nawab shuja-ud-daula joined abdally.so did the pathans of farrukabad.but no hindu was willing to join the marathas. the reason for this was not far to seek. everyone knew that if the marathas won at panipat ,they would become the rulers of india. that meant of destruction of everyone , muslim or hindu. on the other hand , if abdally won , not only would they be free of the maratha menace , but abdali himself would go back . the afghans did not have the staying power of the marathas , and were not about to create an empire in india. so everyone would ,in fact ,survive in event of an afghan win. the maratha behaviour of looting even hindus had not endeared them to hindus. this episode of ishwari singh is enough to show how relations between them and the rajputs had deteriorated-- [url]http://www.indianetzone.com/37/mahar...ler_jaipur.htm[/url] now even the hindus rooted for maratha defeat. abdali and najib were ever-ready to raise the bogey of islam to win muslim rulers.thus the marathas were now friendless..... the next step of bhau was to invade delhi. as the yamuna was impassable in the rains due to floods , and abdali was on the opposite bank of delhi, abdali could do nothing as the maratha cannons bombarded delhi ,and it surrendered. this recovered the lost prestige of the marathas . at delhi ,a war council was held , in which both malhar-rao holkar and jat raja suraj mal gave sound advice to bhau---they asked that the heavy baggage , women , camp followers ,.etc which they had brought should be sent southwards , as it would prove a major impediment in the expedition .in event of defeat , they could run away if the army was on light horses ,and escape to fight another day. bhau rejected this advice !!......... he insulted malhar-rao by calling him a shepherd ( as he belonged to that caste of dhangars ) ,and insulted jat raja suraj mal by calling him a mere zamindar !!. he resolved to take the women and camp followers into the zone of battle !! the jat raja was so incensed by this that he abandoned the marathas ,and went back to his domains. malhar-rao secrectly said that if these pune brahmins were allowed to go on like this , they would one day finish off all of maratha caste !!.......he realised that bhau was a foolhardy commander , and began secret talks with najib khan to save his own skin . najib agreed to not fight malhar if he also did not attack najib. with the jat raja going back ,the marathas were all alone in north india ,without allies against a foe who outnumbered them ,and had all muslim rulers on his side. the whole of north india ,hindu or muslim was rooting for a maratha defeat ,except the sikhs .......and the marathas did not have the political acumen to make contact with the sikhs. inspite of coming to save the common north indian people from afghan atrocities ,the marathas were without friends in north india !! [/QUOTE]
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