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RATAN SINGR BHANDARI Ratan Singh Bhandan was born of a respectable Osval family He rose to eminence under Abhayn Singh, the chief of Marvar' A D 17 550 ) whom he served wth great real and derotion Ho was a prudent statesman and valiant geacral with a lugh sense of honour and duty
la A D 1720 the Mughal government appointed Abhayasingh as viceroy of Ajmer and Gujarat After three years rule he returned to Delht learing Ratan Singh Bbandını in sole charge of the province The rulo of the Bhandari who was officially known as deputy viceroy lasted from A D 173, to A D 1797
Ant the time that Ratan Singh came to administer the provmce of Gujarat, the Mughal power pras on declino Disintegration had alrcali sct in in Gujarat the atthonty of the emperor was defied by thc Varatlins on the one hand and by his refractory faremors on the other As might be crpected Ratan Singh as dopus viceroy had to spend his whole timc citlier in maging war against the Marathas or putting down tlic over porerful gosetnos! Owing to the inherent kcalness of the Cenual gorernment lic had to lnbour under ? great deadvantage and in passing judgnicnt upon any of his acts we must take all these adscisc circumstances jpto consideration
