His travels were
published in 1790. He died in 1794.
24. The Sindhia family of Gwalior was founded by Ranoji Sindhia, a
man of humble origin, in the service of the Peshwa. Ranoji died about
A.D. 1750, and was succeeded by one of his natural sons, Mahadaji
(corruptly Mahdaju, &c.) Sindhia, whose turbulent and chequered
career lasted till 1794, when he was succeeded by his grand-nephew,
Daulat Rao. The Maratha power under Daulat Rao was broken in 1803, by
Sir Arthur Wellesley at Assaye and Argaum, and by Lord Lake at
Laswari. Mahadaji's career is treated fully by Grant Duff, _A History
of the Mahrattas_ (1826 and reprint). Mr. H. G. Keene in his little
book (_Rulers of India_, Oxford, 1892) erroneously gives the chiefs
name as 'Madhava Rao'. The anthor's 'Madhoji' also is wrong.
25. It is impossible within the limits of a note to give an account
of the extraordinary career of General De Boigne. His Indian
adventures began in 1778, and terminated in September 1796, when he
retired from Sindhia's service, and sold his private regiment of
Persian cavalry, six hundred strong, to Lord Cornwallis, on behalf of
the East India Company, for three lakhs of rupees (about L30,000).
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