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towards the capital followed by the victorious Indraj! At last a treaty was concluded between the tro states at Gajner which brought the hostilities to an end
During the reign of Surat Singh Tho Thakurs of Bikaner had come to wear their feudal bonds lightly and thour liege and sovereign lord, tho Raja of Bikaner, tras determined to put an end to this unsatisfactory state of affairs Ho appointed Amar Chand to chasuise tho refractory rassals and teach them a lesson Accor dingly, dunng the next four year Amar Chand remained engaged in this task Hu was to our mind, gullty of much unnecessary cruelty and bloodslied in tho discharge of his duty It is a strange frony of futo that it oever occurred to him that the same fato which ho mcted out to his criog victims was in store for him He exacted a heavy fine from the Thakur of Saranbi Ho then, pounced upon Ratan Singh Baldiant and hanged him on the spot. He next sprang upon the Bhaltis, numbering three hundred in their liomc al Dherdan and butchered them all-only one min escaped with his lifc. Soon after, ha attacked tho leading Thakur chiefs, Nahar Singh and Puran Singh and banng taken
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