The Pindharis were
organized bands of mounted robbers, who desolated Northern and
Central India during the period of anarchy which followed the
dissolution of the Moghal empire. They were associated with the
Marathas in the war which terminated with the capture of Asirgarh in
April 1819. In the same year the Pindhari forces ceased to exist as a
distinct and recognized, body.
My father was an Afghan, and came from Kandahar:
He rode with Nawab Amir Khan in the old Maratha war:
From the Dekhan to the Himalay, five hundred of one clan,
They asked no leave of prince or chief as they swept thro'
Hindusthan.
(Sir A. Lyall, 'The Old Pindaree'; in _Verses written in India_,
London, 1889).
3. Named Govind Rao. The proper name of the Sarimant was Ramchand Rao
(_C.P. Gazetteer_, 1870).
4. Kurmin is the feminine of Kurmi, the name of a widely spread and
most industrious agricultural caste, closely connected, at least in
Bundelkhand, with the similar Lodhi caste.
5. Marwar, or Jodhpur, is one of the leading states in Rajputana. It
supplies the rest of India with many of the keenest merchants and
bankers.
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