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Owing to the rivalry of Le Vaisseau, Thomas 'quitted the Begam
Sumroo, and about 1792 betook himself to the frontier station of the
British army at the post of Anopshire (Anupshahr). . . . Here he
waited several months. . . . In the beginning of the year 1793, Mr.
Thomas, being at Anopshire, received letters from Appakandarow
(Apakanda Rao), a Mahratta chief, conveying offers of service, and
promises of a comfortable provision.' (Francklin, op. cit., p. 20.)
The author states that Thomas left the Begam's service in 1793, after
her marriage with Le Vaisseau in that year. Francklin (see also p.
55) was clearly under the impression that the marriage did not take
place till after Thomas had thrown up his command under the Begam. He
made peace with her in 1795. The capital of the principality which he
carved out for himself in 1798 was at Hansi, eighty-nine miles north-
west of Delhi. He was driven out at the close of 1801, entered
British territory in January 1802, and died on the 22nd of August in
that year at Barhampur, being about forty-six years of age. A son of
his was an officer in the Begam's service at the time of her death in
1836.
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