What 1857 chapter ?
Must be regurgating the myth of Scindia betrayed Rani Laxmibai.
Ref : Recollection of Campaign to Malwa and Central India under Sir Hugh Rose
Author : Asst Surgeon Sylvester
A contemporary source
Also it was Scindia against the British at Laswari in 1803.
Read more in Battles of the Maratha Empire.
Scindia pretended to oppose the advance of Rani Laxmibai.
Some fairy tale says Rani Laxmibai was forced to fight her way into Gwalior after 3 days of fighting.
Nothing of the sort happened.
The Scindia or Shinde family was instrumental in opposing the British in many battles.
Covered Wadgaon (1779) , Laswari (1803) and Delhi (1803) in this book, as also 1857.
A mock fight to hoodwink the English
Well here you go.
Also, merely 12 years previously, the Shindes of Gwalior had fought the British at the Battle of Maharajpur
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