ABSTRACT
Anup and his elder brother Umraogiri were, according to one version the chelas of Rajendragiri, and according to another, the offspring of a Sanadhya Brahmin adopted by Rajendragiri. Of the two brothers, born in 1730 and 1734 respectively, the elder became more proficient in learning, and the junior in arms, receiving from Shuja the title of Himmat Bahadur in recognition of his prowess. The command of the army by the princes gave Shuja the character of a rebel and unsettled his position. His Mughalia troops wavered in their allegiance, but the Naga troops came forward and Anupgiri assumed the conduct of the campaign against this imperial forces. In the meantime, Anup Giri advanced as far as Daraganj near Sangi and nipped in the bud the threat of a two-fold attack upon the capital of Oudh. Anupgiri and Rahim Khan Pathan who commanded the bulk of the Oudh forces closed with Hindupat.
