Escape From Mughals
The nurturing of the head of the Rathore clan in Aurangzeb's staunchly Muslim household was not acceptable to the clan. It is said that Crown prince Ajit Singh along with his mother Queen was staying at a place called "Bhuli Bhatiyari" near Jhandewalan of modern Delhi. Durga Das and the Dhaa Maa (wet nurse) of Ajit Singh, Goora Dhaa (The Sainik Kshatriyas Gehlot Rajput of Mandore) and others of the delegation resolved upon smuggling Ajit Singh out of Delhi. Even as they approached the outskirts of the city, the mughal guard fell in hot pursuit of them. Durgadas and his 300 men, notable among them Raghunandan Bhati, had to make their escape while fighting hand-to-hand with the much larger Mughal guards. Every so often, some 15-20 Rajputs would fall behind to check the Mughal pursuers, in the process getting themselves killed, thus allowing the forward party to create some distance between Ajit and the Mughals. This continued till the evening; Durgadas was left with just seven men out of the 300 he started with, but he managed to convey the infant Ajit Singh to safety in Jaipur. Later, the infant was removed to the safety of Aravali hills near Abu Sirohi, a remote town on the southern fringes of Marwar, and grew up in anonymity,.
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