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1902.] C. A. Silberrad —History of Western Bitndelkhand. 
1733. 1 In his time Govind Bundela 2 of Sugar seized Garola, Malthon, 
Khemlasa and Rahatgarh. In 1735 Malhar Rao invaded Bundelkhand 
with, an army of 100,000 and defeating Dnrjan Singh, annexed Bhilsa, 
Sironj, Udepur, and Basoda, and erected a fort on the boundary, which 
he called after his own name Malhargarh. 3 
Dnrjan Singh left four sons, Man Singh, Zorawal Singh, Suba Sahib 
and Dhiraj Singh. Of these Man Singh succeeded him. During his 
reign 4 Pandit Naru Sankar came from the Deccan, and annexed half 
the country comprising Mungaoli, Sahrai, Piprai, 6 Kanjia and Isagarh. 
Man Singh gave Pali 6 to his brother Zorawal Singh, Bamori 7 to Suba 
Sahib, and Banpur 8 to Dhiraj Singh. He had two sons Anrudh Singh 
and Hati Singh. Man Singh built the fort of Mahroni, 9 and dying 
in 1760 was succeeded by Anrudh Singh. Rao Hati Singh, who lived 
with him, acted as his deputy rather than as a minister. In 1775 
Anrudh Singh died, leaving a son named Ram Chandar, who was only 
a boy, at the time. Hati Singh did not place Ram Chandar on the 
throne, but himself ruled the country as regent. The Rani suspecting 
Hati Singh’s intentions, fled one night with the boy and 50 sawars to 
1 The dates given here for the accession of the Rajas of Chanderi are very 
different from those in the Gazetteer N.-W. P. (I. 350 et seq). They are:— 
According to the According to the 
Raja. 
Debi Singh 
Dnraj Singh 
Dnrjan Singh 
Man Singh 
Anrnd Singh 
Gazetteer. 
1646—1663 
1663—1687 
1687—1733 
1733—1746 
1746—1774 
author. 
—1717 
... 1717—1733 
... ... 1733— 
... ... —1760 
... ... 1760—1774 
I have not so far been able to explain the discrepancy. 
8 Better known as Govind Pundit, the Mahratta leader who assisted Chathar 
Sal when nearly overwhelmed by the Muhammadans, and whom Chathar Sal reward¬ 
ed with one-third of his kingdom.—(1731J. Ancestor of the Rajas of Jalaun, Jhansi 
and Gursarai. 
3 In Gwalior on the Betwa on the Western border of the Sagar district. 
4 Probably 1748 (see p. 24). 
3 Sahrai and Piprai are both near Mungaoli in that part of Gwalior which 
borders the N.-W. portion of Sagar district. 
• In pargana Balabehat (Jhansi district) 15 miles S. of Lalitpur, still held by 
his descendants. 
1 Bamori Kalan, pargana Lalitpur, district Jhansi, 7 miles S. S.-W. of Lalitpur. 
His descendants have lost possession of the village. 
8 In the pargana of that name (Jhansi district) 22 miles E. of Lalitpur. Dhiraj 
Singh’s descendants no longer hold it, but possess in jagir Gadiana (10 miles N.-E. 
of Lalitpur) and a few other villages. 
8 Head-quarters of the tahsil of that name in the Jhansi district, 23 miles 
E. S.-E. of Lalitpur. 
