E-gazetter/History of District of Etawah / Raja Naval Rai .
Nawal Rai was a Kayastha and belonged to the hereditary qanungo family of village Parasana of pargana Etawah. Safdar Jang had appointed him probably a clerk, but as he possessed uncommon' business capacity, military talents, honesty and winning manners, he had risen gradually from post to post till he was appointed Bakshi (manager-cum-commander) of the Avadh army. He rendered valuable services to his master in recognition of which Safdar Jang elevated him to the post of deputy governor of his subah of Avadh. Reaching Farrukhabad in January 1750. Nawal Rai joined Safdar Jang who seized the Bangash territory arid placed it under the charge of the former awarding him the title of Raja and afterwards ennobling him as Maharaja Bahadur. Soon, however, the oppressions of Nawal Rai's subordinates proceeded beyond all bounds and the Afghans of this region began to unite for measures of resistance. In Julv 1750. they chose Qaim Khan's brother Ahmad Khan Bangash as their new- leader. Rallying round him in open support the Afghans broke into open revolt and killed Nawal Rai in August 1750 in the battle of Kudaganj, about 25 km south-east of Farrukhabad. In order to avenge the defeat and death of Nawal- Rai, Safdar Jang summoned to his aid the Marathas under Malhar Rao Holkar and Jayappa Sindhia, and Suraj Mal, the Jat ruler of Bharatpur. On April 28, 1751, their combined army defeated at Fatehgarh, Ahmad Khan Bangash ana his ally Sad Ullah Khan of Rohilkhand, who fled with heavy loss. As a reward for their services in this campaign the Marathas received the bulk of Etawah district which was placed under a Maratha commander.
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Nawal Rai was a Kayastha and belonged to the hereditary qanungo family of village Parasana of pargana Etawah. Safdar Jang had appointed him probably a clerk, but as he possessed uncommon' business capacity, military talents, honesty and winning manners, he had risen gradually from post to post till he was appointed Bakshi (manager-cum-commander) of the Avadh army. He rendered valuable services to his master in recognition of which Safdar Jang elevated him to the post of deputy governor of his subah of Avadh. Reaching Farrukhabad in January 1750. Nawal Rai joined Safdar Jang who seized the Bangash territory arid placed it under the charge of the former awarding him the title of Raja and afterwards ennobling him as Maharaja Bahadur. Soon, however, the oppressions of Nawal Rai's subordinates proceeded beyond all bounds and the Afghans of this region began to unite for measures of resistance. In Julv 1750. they chose Qaim Khan's brother Ahmad Khan Bangash as their new- leader. Rallying round him in open support the Afghans broke into open revolt and killed Nawal Rai in August 1750 in the battle of Kudaganj, about 25 km south-east of Farrukhabad. In order to avenge the defeat and death of Nawal- Rai, Safdar Jang summoned to his aid the Marathas under Malhar Rao Holkar and Jayappa Sindhia, and Suraj Mal, the Jat ruler of Bharatpur. On April 28, 1751, their combined army defeated at Fatehgarh, Ahmad Khan Bangash ana his ally Sad Ullah Khan of Rohilkhand, who fled with heavy loss. As a reward for their services in this campaign the Marathas received the bulk of Etawah district which was placed under a Maratha commander.
http://etawah.nic.in/gaz/2.htm