ABSTRACT
Anup Gir Gosain had taken an important part in achieving the establishment of Sindhia as Regent of Delhi, but hardly any reward for all his labour was forthcoming from the Maratha lord of Hindustan. Mahadji demanded of Ali Bahadur the delivery of the alleged criminal into his hands. Mahadji therefore took recourse to force and besieged Ali Bahadur's camp from 21 to 24 July. the monk triumphed again over the virtual lord of Hindustan. For more than a year after this event, Anupgiri lingered in Mathura scanning the political horizon; but Sindhia's resounding victories at Patan and at Merta defeated all hopes of his ever regaining any influence either in Rajasthan or the Doab. Nature has designed Bundelkhand into two parts, of which the eastern portion lying between the Betwa and the Paisuni nadi has been famed in history as being the seat of royalty and the home of chivalry.
