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Rane Khan was a prominent Bhishti Muslim chief who was prominent in the Maratha empire. [1]

Rane Khan was the son of Fateh Khan, who was a resident of Deopur in the Deccan. During the Third Battle of Panipat, Rane Khan saved the life of Mahadji Sindhia about whose position he knew nothing and took him to a safe town. Sindhia(Shinde) called him "Bhai" or brother, and appointed him to a responsible position in his army. [2] Soon Rane Khan was appointed as his commander-in-chief. [3] In 1787, Rane Khan defeated the Mughal army under Ismail Beg. [4] Sindhia appointed his able general Rane Khan at the head of a large force, supported by Jiva Dad Bakhshi. On September 28, 1788, Rane Khan occupied the Old city of Delhi. [5] Rane Khan caught Ghulam Qadir and cut off his head, sending the body to Shah Alam II. [6] After the death of Ghulam Qadir, as his family had taken refuge with the Sikhs with their wealth, an army under Rane Khan, Ali Bahadur Khan and Kesho Rao used this reason as a pretext to launch an expedition against the Sikhs at Patiala. A sum of fifty thousand was pait to avert the threat. [7] Rane Khan died at Bharatpur in 1788. [8] [9] The descendants of Rane Khan continued to hold Jagirs and act as noblemen at the Gwalior state. [10]

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  2. ↑ Hari Ram Gupta (1978). History of the Sikhs: Sikh domination of the Mughal Empire, 1764-1803. p. 241.
  3. ↑ Ajeet Javed (2002). Heritage of Harmony: An Insight Into Medieval India. ISBN   9788121208178.
  4. ↑ The Panjab Past and Present: Volume 15. 1981.
  5. ↑ Hari Ram Gupta (1939). History of the Sikhs: Cis-Sutlej Sikhs, 1769-1799; with a foreword by Sir Jogendra Singh. the University of Virginia. p. 1939.
  6. ↑ Ajeet Javed (2002). Heritage of Harmony: An Insight Into Medieval India. ISBN   9788121208178.
  7. ↑ The Panjab Past and Present:Volume 17. Punjabi University. Department of Punjab Historical Studies. 1983.
  8. ↑ Surjit Singh Gandhi (1999). Sikhs in the Eighteenth Century:Their Struggle for Survival and Supremacy. p. 608. ISBN   9788172052171.
  9. ↑ Madhya Pradesh (India), V. S. Krishnan (1965). Madhya Pradesh, District Gazetteers: Vidisha.
  10. ↑ Gwalior Today. 1940.
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