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Practice and Efficacy of Sri Ramchandra’s Rajayoga
the spiritual and social life of this land leading to its partition on the unviable basis of religion.
Of the few persons who could see the effort of the great emperor Akbar towards integration of different faiths was one of the forefathers of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj. He worked in the court of the Emperor Akbar as Mir Munshi which is a post equivalent to that of minister in his council. He was awarded the title Bagara (Brave). He held a Jagir at Talgram in Avadh in U.P. This remained with the family for quite sometime.
One of the later descendents in the family, Sri Bakshi Kundan Lal was the Chief Army Officer under the Nawab Shujauddaulah and commanded the armies in the III battle of Panipat in the year 1761. Hafiz Rahmat Khan another ruler of that time who was impressed by the courage and bravery of Sri Bakshi Sahib borrowed his services. However in the battle at Fatehganj (near Shahjahanpur) in the year 1774 between Hafiz Rahmat Khan and Shujauddaulah, he was killed along with the new Nawab.
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