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== Summary ==
At the end of the [[1st Rohilla War]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_Faizullah_Khan Nawab Faizullah Khan] was secured in possession of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampur,_Uttar_Pradesh State of Rampur]. On his death in 1793 his son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Khan_Bahadur Mohammed Ali Khan] was murdered and the throne seized by another son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Muhammad_Khan_Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Khan]. The British sent a force under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abercromby_of_Airthrey Sir Robert Abercrombie] to assist the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf-Ud-Dowlah Nawab Wazir of Oudh] against the usurper. At the [[Battle of Bhitaura]] the British were victorious but suffered heavy casualties. Mohammed Ali Khan's infant son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Ali_Khan_Bahadur Ahmad Ali Khan] was proclaimed Nawab and confirmed in possession of Rampur and lands yielding 10 lakh rupees per year. The rest of the state was appropriated by the Nawab of Oudh.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_IdAmZ5s7UcC&pg=PA238&dq=rohilla+war++1794&cd=1#v=onepage&q=rohilla%20war%20%201794&f=false 2nd Rohilla War] Google Books<br>
====Historical books online==== *[http://bookswww.googlearchive.comorg/stream/historicalrelati00hamiiala#page/n3/mode/books?id=ZDsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 "The Out Lines of the Rohilla War"] from 2up ''The Origin and Authentic Narrative An Historical Relation of the Present Marratta War; and also, the late Rohilla War, in 1773 and 1774 ...: To which is added the unaccountable proceedings in the military store-keeper's office, in Bengal..... Rohilla Afghans'' ] by Charles Hamilton 1788 (1781archive.org) Google Books
[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Rohilla War, 2nd]]
[[Category:2nd Rohilla War| 2nd Rohilla War]]
