Orchha

The third annual meeting of the CR Forum was held last month at a small town called Orchha, in the Bundelkhand region of India.

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At Orchha Resort we stayed at luxury tents located behind a set of gorgeous historic temples.

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The water of his bath cooled as Aurangzeb sat in thought in his tent at Orchha.

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The three generals, older men, long in the service of the Empire and well acquainted with one another, had trounced the Raja of Orchha without any effort at all.

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He had arrived at Orchha a little less than a week ago, but his uncle had cautioned him against storming the fort until Khan Duran had come in with his own army.

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The fort and the palaces at Orchha fell on the fourth day after Aurangzeb arrived in the area, fervent, his nose scenting battle.

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By 1635, Jhujhar had returned again to Orchha, leaving a son as surety in the Deccan.

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Jhujhar ignored his Emperor and sent word to his son to escape from the imperial army in the Deccan and find his way home so that they could fight out this battle together from their stronghold at Orchha.

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Jhujhar, who was in Agra for the coronation festivities, fled to his estates in Orchha.

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With Orchha ours, and Datiya soon to be ours, the Raja is as good as dead.

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