Tempo:
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Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism
money. TI1e Durbar turned down the Nepalese approach and instead offered help to the Company. The tide of battle had already mrned in favour of the English. The governor general expressed his gratitude to the Durbar but did not accept the offer of assistance. The Anglo-Gurkha war was watched with keen interest at Lahore. When the Nepalese were defeated, the Durbar offered service to the disbanded Gurkhas. (The Kashmir campaign had proved the need of hill men for mountain warfare.) Army administration, the purchase of stores and equipment, and the payment of salaries was at the same time put on a regular basis by the two Kashmiri Brahmins, Ganga Ram and Din.a Nath. 5 The new Gurkha platoons were put in action after the annual muster of forces at Dussehra. The Maharajah personally directed the operations in which Bhimbar, Rajauri, and Kotla were retaken. Later that winter, the Durbar troops reoccupied the hill states of Nurpur and Jaswan, and the Kangra Valley. The operation pointed towards another attempt to capture Kashmir. But when the snows melted the army was ordered south towards Multan. Not much excuse was needed to take military action against the southern Muslim principalities. They did not send on their revenue in time and always offered the excuse that the Afghans also claimed to be their overlords. Since Punjabi-Afghan relations had become openly hostile, the Afghans bad been talking of reoccupying Multan. The new commander of the Durbar armies was Misr Dewan Chand, an officer who had rapidly risen in the Maharajah's estimation. Dewan Chand's first objective was Bahawalpur. The Nawab made his submission, paid Rs 80,000 in cash, and promised to remit Rs 70,000 annually. Muzaffar Khan of Multan was, as usual, obstructive. Some of his forts were occupied and parts of Multan plundered by Phula Singh's nihangs before the 3 Dina Nath distinguished himself as one of the Durbar's ablest and most loyal administrawrs. He was made Dewan and later invested with the title of Raja.
Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism
money. TI1e Durbar turned down the Nepalese approach and instead offered help to the Company. The tide of battle had already mrned in favour of the English. The governor general expressed his gratitude to the Durbar but did not accept the offer of assistance. The Anglo-Gurkha war was watched with keen interest at Lahore. When the Nepalese were defeated, the Durbar offered service to the disbanded Gurkhas. (The Kashmir campaign had proved the need of hill men for mountain warfare.) Army administration, the purchase of stores and equipment, and the payment of salaries was at the same time put on a regular basis by the two Kashmiri Brahmins, Ganga Ram and Din.a Nath. 5 The new Gurkha platoons were put in action after the annual muster of forces at Dussehra. The Maharajah personally directed the operations in which Bhimbar, Rajauri, and Kotla were retaken. Later that winter, the Durbar troops reoccupied the hill states of Nurpur and Jaswan, and the Kangra Valley. The operation pointed towards another attempt to capture Kashmir. But when the snows melted the army was ordered south towards Multan. Not much excuse was needed to take military action against the southern Muslim principalities. They did not send on their revenue in time and always offered the excuse that the Afghans also claimed to be their overlords. Since Punjabi-Afghan relations had become openly hostile, the Afghans bad been talking of reoccupying Multan. The new commander of the Durbar armies was Misr Dewan Chand, an officer who had rapidly risen in the Maharajah's estimation. Dewan Chand's first objective was Bahawalpur. The Nawab made his submission, paid Rs 80,000 in cash, and promised to remit Rs 70,000 annually. Muzaffar Khan of Multan was, as usual, obstructive. Some of his forts were occupied and parts of Multan plundered by Phula Singh's nihangs before the 3 Dina Nath distinguished himself as one of the Durbar's ablest and most loyal administrawrs. He was made Dewan and later invested with the title of Raja.
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