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DHANRAJ, THE GOVERNOR OF AJMER.
Having defeated the Sindhia at Tonga (near Jaipur), the Marwar general, Bhimaraj Singhvi,? marched on Ajmer and captured it from the Maratha Subedar, Anwar Beg in A. D. 1787. Dhanraj Singhyi was appointed governor of the newly-acquired territory. The Mahrattas, however, soon recouped their losses and four years later again invaded the Marwar. Two sanguinary battles of Mairta and Patan were fought in which the Marwaris, were defeated.
In the meantime, the Maratha general De Boigne had attacked and invested Ajmer Dhanraj, the governor of the place, with his small garrison stood the siege heroically and successfully kept the besiegers at bay
After the disastrous result of the battle of Patan, Vijay Singh issued orders to Dhanraj to surrender the place to the besiegers and return to Jodhpur .
It was too exacting a demand on his brave and chivalrous nature He would neither consent to a disgraceful surrender nor would he be guilty of dis
1 The Singhris who were originally Nandarana Bohra Brahamans tere brought to Jainism by Muni-sundara-suri in Vik Sam 1465 at Şırohi. Their settlements in Jodhpur date from Vik. Sam 1633-A. D 1476
