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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The [[Nagpur kingdom|Bhonsle Maratha armies]] passed through [[Chhattisgarh]] on their way to invade the Odia kingdoms in eastern India. [[Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar|Bhaskar Pant]] invaded the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom]] at the close of 1740. According to Sir Charles Grant, Raghunath Singh, the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihaiyavanshi king]], was bowed down with a heavy sorrow, which was the loss of his only son. He refused to take any interest in the government for nearly a year. At best, he was a feeble man, but now worn out with years and afflicted in mind. According to Sir Charles Grant, the Maratha army is said to have consisted of 40,000 men, chiefly [[Cavalry|horsemen]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grant|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbcBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Bhaskar+Pant&pg=PA94|title=The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India|year=1870}}</ref> The branch Haihaiyavanshi ruler of [[Raipur]], Amar Singh, did not oppose him.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Zakiya Tasneem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNf01j_2knsC&dq=Bhaskar+Pant&pg=PA14|title=Bilaspur: A Study in Urban Geography|publisher=1994}}</ref> | The [[Nagpur kingdom|Bhonsle Maratha armies]] passed through [[Chhattisgarh]] on their way to invade the Odia kingdoms in eastern India. [[Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar|Bhaskar Pant]] invaded the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom]] at the close of 1740. According to Sir Charles Grant, Raghunath Singh, the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihaiyavanshi king]], was bowed down with a heavy sorrow, which was the loss of his only son. He refused to take any interest in the government for nearly a year. At best, he was a feeble man, but now worn out with years and afflicted in mind. According to Sir Charles Grant, the Maratha army is said to have consisted of 40,000 men, chiefly [[Cavalry|horsemen]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grant|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbcBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Bhaskar+Pant&pg=PA94|title=The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India|year=1870}}</ref> The branch Haihaiyavanshi ruler of [[Raipur]], Amar Singh, did not oppose him.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Zakiya Tasneem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNf01j_2knsC&dq=Bhaskar+Pant&pg=PA14|title=Bilaspur: A Study in Urban Geography|publisher=1994}}</ref> | ||
==Siege== | |||
Raghunath Singh made no effort to defend his kingdom and waited till [[Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar|Bhaskar Pant]] reached his capital. Even then, there was no resistance from the defenders. But Raghunath Singh ordered the gates of the fort to be shut. [[Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar|Bhaskar Pant]] bought his guns to play on the fort, and soon a part of the palace was in ruins. At this point, one of the ''[[Rana (title)|Ranis]]'' (queen) named Laxmi hoisted a white flag on the ramparts of the fort. The gates for opened, and the invading Marathas entered the fort and looted the city.<ref name="central"/><ref name="africa and asia">{{cite book |title=Estudios de Asia y Africa |date=2002 |publisher=El Colegio de México. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_i5AAAAIAAJ&q=Haihayavanshi+Kingdom |language=es}}</ref><ref name="bilaspur">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Zakiya Tasneem |title=Bilaspur: A Study in Urban Geography |date=1994 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |isbn=978-81-7211-049-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNf01j_2knsC&dq=Bhaskar+Pant&pg=PA14 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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