History of India . messenger reached him fromthe Abdali Shah, with a robe of mourning. The Eao,feigning obedience to his commands, hiunbly dressedhis person in the Shahs robe, and turning away fromSironj, re-entered Poona. Prom excess of grief andwoe, however, he remained for two months afflictedwith a harrowing disease; and as he perceived theimage of death reflected from the mirror of his condi-tion, he sent for his brother, Raghunath Rao, to whomhe gave in charge his best-beloved son, the youngerbrother of the slain Biswas Rao, who bore the nameof Madhu Rao, and had just entered his twelfth
History of India . messenger reached him fromthe Abdali Shah, with a robe of mourning. The Eao,feigning obedience to his commands, hiunbly dressedhis person in the Shahs robe, and turning away fromSironj, re-entered Poona. Prom excess of grief andwoe, however, he remained for two months afflictedwith a harrowing disease; and as he perceived theimage of death reflected from the mirror of his condi-tion, he sent for his brother, Raghunath Rao, to whomhe gave in charge his best-beloved son, the youngerbrother of the slain Biswas Rao, who bore the nameof Madhu Rao, and had just entered his twelfth year,exclaiming: Fulfil all the duties of good-will towardsthis fatherless child, treating him as if he were yourown son, and do not permit any harm to come uponhim. Having said this, he departed from the worldon the 9th of Zi-al-kada, 1174 a. h. (June 14, 1761 a. d.),and the period of his reign was twenty-one years. After the demise of his father, Madhu Rao wasinstalled in the throne of sovereignty at Poona, and. A PEETEJSTDEE TO THE THEONE 259 Eaghunath Eao conducted the administration of af-fairs as prime minister, after the manner of the lateBhao, One of the remarkable incidents that occurred inMadhu Eaos reign was the appearance of a counterfeitBhao, who, in the year 1175 a. h. (1762-3 a. D.), havinginduced a munber of refractory characters to flock tohis standard, and having collected together a smallamount of baggage and effects, with camp equipageand cattle, excited an insurrection near the fort ofKaraza, which is situated at a distance of twelveleagues from Jhansi towards the west. He gave inti-mation to the governor of the fort, who held his ap-pointment of the Poena chiefs, as to his name andpretensions, and summoned him by threats and prom-ises into his presence. The latter, who, up to that time,had been in doubt whether Bhao was dead or alive,being apprehensive lest this individual should in realityprove to be Bhao, proceeded to wait upon him, andpresented some ca
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