Who was the governor at the time of suppression of the pindaris?
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Lord Hastings was the Governor of India at the time of suppession of Pindaris.
The first reference of Pindaris is during the Mughal invasion of Maharashtra. They did not belong to any caste or creed. They used to serve the army without any payment but instead allowed to plunder. During the time of Baji Rao I, they were irregular horsemen attached to the Maratha army. it is worth mentioning here that they never helped the British. They were mostly active in the areas of Rajputana and the Central Provinces and subsisted on plunder. Their leaders belonged to both the Hindu as well as the Muslim communities. Lord Hastings was determined to suppress the Pindaris. For this, he gathered a large army of 113,000 men and 300 guns and attacked the Pindaris from four sides. He himself took the command of the force from North side while Sir Thomas Hislop commanded the force from the South. By 1818, the Pindaris were completely suppressed and all their bands were disintegrated. By 1824, the menace of Pindaris came to an end.
The first reference of Pindaris is during the Mughal invasion of Maharashtra. They did not belong to any caste or creed. They used to serve the army without any payment but instead allowed to plunder. During the time of Baji Rao I, they were irregular horsemen attached to the Maratha army. it is worth mentioning here that they never helped the British. They were mostly active in the areas of Rajputana and the Central Provinces and subsisted on plunder. Their leaders belonged to both the Hindu as well as the Muslim communities. Lord Hastings was determined to suppress the Pindaris. For this, he gathered a large army of 113,000 men and 300 guns and attacked the Pindaris from four sides. He himself took the command of the force from North side while Sir Thomas Hislop commanded the force from the South. By 1818, the Pindaris were completely suppressed and all their bands were disintegrated. By 1824, the menace of Pindaris came to an end.
Golda:
It is suppression instead of suppession. Sorry for the mistake.
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Lord Hasting was the governor at the time of suppression of Pindaris (Pindari War 1817-18).
Pindaris were actually the irregular horsemen and plunderers during Mughal period and later under Marathas who used to plunder in lie of their pay. The Pindaris later began to loot the British held territories. So the British during the governorship of Lord Hastings launched a campaign against the Pindaris in 1817 and suppressed them and forced them to sign a treaty.
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