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Answer» Durgadas Rathore (Durga Das Rathore) (13 August 1638 – 22 November 1718 in Gwalior) is CREDITED with having preserved the rule of the Rathore DYNASTY over Marwar , India, following the death of Jaswant Singh in the 17TH century. In doing so he had to defy Aurangzeb , a MUGHAL emperor. Early life Durgadas was the son of Askaran Rathore, a Rajput minister of Jaswant Singh , the ruler of Marwar .[1] Support for Ajit Singh Jaswant Singh was campaigning in Afghanistan when he died in December 1678, leaving no HEIR. Aurangzeb took the opportunity to intervene by imposing Muslim rule over Marwar. This formed a part of the Mughal strategy to destroy Hinduism and his flooding of the area with troops was successful in denying any opposition.
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