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269:; at the Sirohi border, Thakur Maan Singh of Chandana resisted his forces and died fighting. Later his forces looted Rovada and Posaliya (today near Sumerpur-Pali), where the king of Sirohi, fearing destruction by the large Marwar army, presented his daughter Jas Kanwar in marriage to Abhai Singh. Ram Singh was a scion born of this wedlock.
314:(a last stand before defeat), was in the foremost row and went into the war with swords in both hands and no shield. Ferociously, he slew enemies with both hands like a lion and was completely covered with blood. The bard Karnidaan Ji, who was present at the battle, likened Kesari Singh ji to the powerful Hindu deity
280:'s plans of defense are minutely detailed. At each gate, he posted two thousand men and five guns manned by Europeans, and retained a personal guard of European musketeers. The cannonade was sustained for three days on both sides, during which the son of Sarbuland was killed. At length, Abhai Singh's brother
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During the withdrawal, Maharaja
Zorawar Singh was attacked by a soldier, but was defended by warrior Jagram Singh. Jagram Singh served as principal general of the battle. During the fighting, he was wounded and his intestines came out, but he tightly packed his abdomen with a cloth and fought until
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Bakht Singh schemed with
Vidyadhar, a minister with Jai Singh of Amber, which resulted in Amber marching against Marwar. After getting this news, Abhai Singh recalled his troops from Bikaner to prepare for a battle against the troops of Amber and allied Mughal powers. At the time, the Marwar forces
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The
Champawats bore the brunt and lost Karan of Pali, Kishan Singh of Sandri, Gordhan of Jalor, and Kalyan. The Kumpawats also lost several clan leaders, such as Narsingh, Surtaan Singh, and Padma, son of Durjan. The Jodha tribe lost three leaders: Hayatmall, Ghuman, and Jogidas. The Mertias lost
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These efforts failed to have the desired impact. Bhandari claimed that the
Bishnois were sacrificing aging people they no longer saw as useful to society. In response to this, young men, women, and children began to follow the example of the old. In the end, 363 Bishnois died in the incident.
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Abhai Singh of Marwar now ruled over 17,000 towns of
Gujarat, 9,000 of Marwar, and 1,000 elsewhere. The princes of Idar, Bhuj, Parkar, Sind and Sirohi, the Chalukya Ran of Fatehpur, Jhunjunu, Nagor, Dungarpur, Banswara, Lunawara, and Halwad owed allegiance to Abhai Singh of Marwar.
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all the Marwar troops withdrew from
Bikaner. He reached Nagaur and died on the shoulder of the Maharaja, at the age of 21. For the general's loyalty to him, the Maharaja built a cenotaph of him in Chintamani Fort, and gifted a 4,000 bigga of land (named 'Rasisar', adjoining
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News of the deaths spread, and summons to a meeting was sent to 84 Bishnoi villages. The meeting determined that one
Bishnoi volunteer would sacrifice their life for every tree cut down. Older people began hugging the trees intended to be cut, and many were killed.
398:, and the Kanot warrior Jagram Singh Rajpurohit (his military advisor from Desalsar village, near Nokha). Bakht Singh responded by writing, "Since Bikaner was also a Rathore state, thus a collateral branch who would serve Marwar in times of peril."
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During the bloody siege, both the princely brothers had their share of swordplay, and each slew more than one leader of the noted Amra, who had so often defended Ajmer slew five chiefs of the grades of two and three thousand horse.
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as he was completely drenched with blood, just like Lord
Hanuman is with vermilion, and describes the sight to be completely awe-inspiring and one of a kind, as Kesari Singh ji seemed to be unstoppable and the worst nightmare for
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opposition. However, although he steered the battle towards victory by killing chief enemy commanders, he was immortalised- being one of the rarest and bravest warriors whose body fought even after getting beheaded.
335:, with his wounded Mughals dying at every stage. Thus, in the enlightened half of moon on the victorious tenth VS 1787 (AD 1731)—the day on which Ramachandra captured Lanka—the war against Sarbuland was concluded.
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The development shocked the tree-felling party. The group returned to
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422:, it was left to Bakht Singh to save Rathore grace, and he did so with only 1,000 Rathores against an army of 100,000 Mughals and Rajputs. Relations were later restored.
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