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It took Ratan Singh Bhandan two months to recover from his mjuries In the struggle between Sohrab and Ratan Singh Bhandari, Momin Khan, though he professed to be a friend of the latter, was in fact favouring the cause of the former Ratan Singh Bhandari now determined to punish Momin Khan for his treacherous conduct. Before he could carry out his intention Momin khan, somehow became aware of it and withdrew to Cambay
We have already referred to Bhavsingh of Viramgam There was no love lost between him and Ratan Singh In fact, Bhav hated the Marwaris Hatred and thirst for revenge got the better of his intellect and banished all sense of honour from hum He entered into an alliance with the Marathas and treacherously admitted them into the city Damay, the Maratha lender, assumed the control of Viramgam drove out the Marwan administrator Kalyan and leaving his agent Rangoji there, himself marched towards Sorath In the year following (A D 1736) Rangoji advanced so far as Bavia near Dholka pillaging and derasting, the country Ratan Singh Bhandari marched against him and drove him back to Viramgam He pursued the Marathas to Viramgam, attacked and defeated them capturing their baggage but failed to prevent them from taking shelter in the town He, however, laid seige to it and awaited the results In the meantime, the Marathas made a bold strategical move Prataprav
