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The right to assess and collect this tax was asserted first by [[Shivaji]] in the later 17th century, on grounds that his family were hereditary tax collectors in [[Maharashtra]]. | The right to assess and collect this tax was asserted first by [[Shivaji]] in the later 17th century, on grounds that his family were hereditary tax collectors in [[Maharashtra]]. | ||
Veer [[Durgadas Rathore]] harassed Mughal officers through guerrilla warfare and forced them to pay chauth, during his war with [[Aurangzeb]].<ref name=RC>{{Cite book|first=R.C.|last=Majumdar|title= an advanced hostory of Rajasthan|publisher=Trinity Press|year=2020|pages=494–497|url=|quote=Under the able leadership of Durgadas, the Rathors ceaselessly carried on a guerrilla warfare and harassed the Mughal outposts so that the Mughal officers were compelled to pay chauth}}</ref> | |||
== See also== | |||
*[[Sack of Surat]] | |||
*[[Mahratta Sackings of Goa and Bombay-Bassein]] | |||
*[[Mahratta Invasions of Bengal]] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||