Assessment By Maratha Historian
The Maratha Historian Balwantrao Bhaiya Saheb Sindhia has written about Chhatar Singh in his book "History of Gwalior fort" as under:
- "The Raja Chhatar Singh of Gohad, a son of Kunwar Mulju, had kept up the struggle with the Marathas.
- He was a young man of great promise and well known for his martial exploits, not only in Hindustan but also in countries inhabited by Europeans. His influence was so great that the Zamindars of their own accord and others of adjoining acknowledged him as their Lord and Master. The protracted struggle between him and the Marathas however, reduced the people of Gwalior to such straits that many of them left the town and took their abode in villages at a distance from the seat of disturbances and war. When he became the master of fortress of Gwalior, performed several ritual rites on the fortress and completed the work of Chhatri of Rana Bhim Singh near the great Tank. He lost no time in proclaiming to the public by beat of drums that no one was to molested and disturbed in the pursuit of his peaceful avocation as long as he continued loyal and faithful to the state that protected him."
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