Struggles For 20 Years and Durgadas Rathore Reoccupies Marwar
Initially the Rathor resistance to Mughal rule failed. Ajit Singh's mother convinced her relative, the Rana of Mewar Raj Singh I to join in fighting against the Mughals, but even this did nto help their cause much. Prince Muhammad Akbar a son of Aurangzeb was convinced to join the cause and attacked his father's forces in January 1681, but was not successful and had to flee to the Deccan. For the next 20 years Ajit Singh lived in hiding while serving as the figurative leader of the guerrilla war against Aurangzeb.
For 20 years after this event, Marwar remained under the direct rule of a mughal governor. During this period, Durgadas carried out a relentless struggle against the occupying forces. Trade routes that passed through the region were plundered by the guerillas, who also looted various treasuries in present-day Rajasthan and Gujarat. These disorders adversely impacted the finances of the empire.
Aurangzeb died in 1707; he was to prove the last of the great mughals. Durgadas Rathore took advantage of the disturbances following this death to seize Jodhpur and eventually evict the occupying mughal force.
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