05-03-2006, 03:16 AM
[quote=Bharatvarsh,May 3 2006, 04:20 AM]
[quote]Chapter 5
There is much in these accounts that smacks of fiction.
e.g
""The Maratha guerilla campaign started on 25th of January. But they soon realized that Abdali (58) was too powerful for them. Seeing Abdaliâs march towards Jaypur, they began to plunder Doab. Abdali hearing of the threatening activities of the Marathas towards Delhi, left the direction of Jaypur to save Delhi and Daob from the Maratha raids. His strong detachment under Jehan Khan, caught the plundering Maratha division unawares near Sikandarabad (59) and dispersed it with heavy slaughter on 4th of March 1760 A.D. With this, the Maratha guerilla tactics came to an end, and retreating towrds the borders of Jaypur territory they encamped in the vicinity of Bayana. Nevertheless, their activities had saved not only the Jats, but also the Rajput provinces (60)""
<b>quote "" But they soon realized that Abdali (58) was too powerful for them. Seeing Abdaliâs march towards Jaypur, they began to plunder Doab. ""
Why would they plunder the Doad, becaus ethey were scared of Abdalli???</b>
The Jat- Mahratta relations were in two parts
1) The Jats of then Haryana( old Agra province, Modern Haryana , East Punjab, Western U.P. were governed by a Panchayat( republic) headquartered at what is now the village of Shoron, 10 km from modern Muzzafarnagar, U.P, about 200 Km north on the Delhi- Dehradun road
They fought along with Dattaji, in this area, with their fort at Sukartal. With Abdalliâs entry, Dattaji withdrew, and was killed near Kanjpura, modern Karnal, on the Delhi Chandigarh GT road.
These relationships went back to the time of Shivaji and Guru Ramdas.
2) In the Agra, Mathura/Braj region, the situation was different. There was no love for the Mahrattas, who were simply plunderers.
This talk of them defending the Hindu religion is a bit of nonsense, for in their plunders they did not spare the Hindu ever
Sadly, The Rajput position was clear, they were supporting the Muslim, and not the Hindus whether they were Mahratta or Jat. ethey knew where their support was, and if not for Muslim support they would have wiped off from Rajastahn.
When Abdalli came into the Mathura region, only the Jats stood up to fight him, the Mahrattas ran away, and the rajputs were cowering in Jaipur, Jodhpur, in their petty estates.
Malhar Rao was not any better, he consistently supported the Muslims over the Hindu Jats.
For more information and references visit the Jathistory group , and search the archives
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/
History is complex and not always as taught to us...
Ravi Chaudhary
[quote]Chapter 5
There is much in these accounts that smacks of fiction.
e.g
""The Maratha guerilla campaign started on 25th of January. But they soon realized that Abdali (58) was too powerful for them. Seeing Abdaliâs march towards Jaypur, they began to plunder Doab. Abdali hearing of the threatening activities of the Marathas towards Delhi, left the direction of Jaypur to save Delhi and Daob from the Maratha raids. His strong detachment under Jehan Khan, caught the plundering Maratha division unawares near Sikandarabad (59) and dispersed it with heavy slaughter on 4th of March 1760 A.D. With this, the Maratha guerilla tactics came to an end, and retreating towrds the borders of Jaypur territory they encamped in the vicinity of Bayana. Nevertheless, their activities had saved not only the Jats, but also the Rajput provinces (60)""
<b>quote "" But they soon realized that Abdali (58) was too powerful for them. Seeing Abdaliâs march towards Jaypur, they began to plunder Doab. ""
Why would they plunder the Doad, becaus ethey were scared of Abdalli???</b>
The Jat- Mahratta relations were in two parts
1) The Jats of then Haryana( old Agra province, Modern Haryana , East Punjab, Western U.P. were governed by a Panchayat( republic) headquartered at what is now the village of Shoron, 10 km from modern Muzzafarnagar, U.P, about 200 Km north on the Delhi- Dehradun road
They fought along with Dattaji, in this area, with their fort at Sukartal. With Abdalliâs entry, Dattaji withdrew, and was killed near Kanjpura, modern Karnal, on the Delhi Chandigarh GT road.
These relationships went back to the time of Shivaji and Guru Ramdas.
2) In the Agra, Mathura/Braj region, the situation was different. There was no love for the Mahrattas, who were simply plunderers.
This talk of them defending the Hindu religion is a bit of nonsense, for in their plunders they did not spare the Hindu ever
Sadly, The Rajput position was clear, they were supporting the Muslim, and not the Hindus whether they were Mahratta or Jat. ethey knew where their support was, and if not for Muslim support they would have wiped off from Rajastahn.
When Abdalli came into the Mathura region, only the Jats stood up to fight him, the Mahrattas ran away, and the rajputs were cowering in Jaipur, Jodhpur, in their petty estates.
Malhar Rao was not any better, he consistently supported the Muslims over the Hindu Jats.
For more information and references visit the Jathistory group , and search the archives
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/
History is complex and not always as taught to us...
Ravi Chaudhary