Mughals - How Tyrannic And Oppressive

[Hauma Hamiddha]

While Jai Singh and Ram Singh are commonly called traitorous Hindus, I think one must judge them more leniently. They were after all like many of us toiling in the mlechCha-desha bound by salary and life-style, exploited by mlechCha master for their own benefit. I think the above characterization of Ram Singh is pretty negative -- Ram Singh did show considerable innovativeness in the Assam wars fought with limited resources and negative Mogol officers. But it was difficult terrain for anyone except the locals. On the whole the rajput generals it appears did have problems from Moslems units that were placed under them. In the Deccan the problems between Jai Singh and Diler Khan were well known. It also appears that Bahadur Khan in the Salheri battles let the Rajput divisions bear the brunt of the assault from the Marathas while withdrawing the Moslem division. But it was intercepted by another Maratha force and smashed.