However, the Company was not yet ready for war, so that the treaty between the Baarbhai and the Company was signed at Purandar.
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He then went to Khambhat with hope of getting help from the British, who did not help but transported him to Surat from their ship.
He asked Marathas for help, On 7 March, 1758, Marathas at that time were the paramount power in India, Maratha general, Raghunathrao had encamped at Rajpura where he received Adina Beg Khan’s envoys, and was informed that the latter, accompanied by Sikh militias, belonging to the bands of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Ala Singh of Patiala had closed upon Sirhind from the other side of Satluj.