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Having routed the Maratha chief at Sikandarabad on 4 March 1760, [[Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shah]] marched upon Koil (modern Aligarh) which belonged to Raja Surajmal, and invested the Jat fort of Ramgarh. It was commanded by Durjansal. The fort was well-garrisoned and fortified, and large stocks of provisions had been stored therein. The fort could have resisted for long; but the qiladar was disheartened at the occupation of the entire upper Ganga Doab by the Afghans, and to save himself from massacre he capitulated in a fortnight or so.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530358|title=Marathas And Panipat|date=1961|language=und}}</ref>
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Having routed the Maratha chief at Sikandarabad on 4 March 1760, [[Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shah]] marched upon Koil (modern Aligarh) which belonged to Raja Surajmal, and invested the Jat fort of Ramgarh. It was commanded by Durjansal. The fort was well-garrisoned and fortified, and large stocks of provisions had been stored therein. The fort could have resisted for long; but the qiladar was disheartened at the occupation of the entire upper Ganga Doab by the Afghans, and to save himself from massacre he capitulated in a fortnight or so.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530358|title=Marathas And Panipat|date=1961|language=und}}</ref>
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===Protect Marathas after Third Battle of Panipat===
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The [[Marathas]] were defeated by [[Afghan]] armies at the third battle of Panipat due to lack of support from regional rulers and scarcity of food and a hundred thousand [[Maratha]] survivors reached Suraj Mal’s territory while returning south, sans arms, sans clothes and sans food. Maharaja Suraj Mal and [[Maharani Kishori]] received them with tender warmth and hospitality, giving free rations to every Maratha soldier or camp follower. The wounded were taken care of till they were fit to travel. Thus, Maharaja Suraj Mal spent no less than three million rupees on their sick and wounded guests.<ref>{{cite news|title=All you need to know more about Maharaja Surajmal and the third battle of panipat|url=https://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-ncr-all-you-need-to-know-more-about-maharaja-surajmal-and-the-third-battle-of-panipat-jagran-special-19863969.html|newspaper=Jagran|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
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===Capture of Agra Fort===
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===Capture of Agra Fort===
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