[citation needed] Raja Chhatrasal of Panna State appointed Mandhata Chaube as the killedar of fort Kalinjar.

His father Gangaram Chaube, a Jujhautiya Brahmin, commanded Chhatrasal when he raised the banner of revolt against the Mughals in Bundelkhand.

Kherandesh Khan, the faujdar of Itawa, attacked Kalinjar in 1701, but could not capture fort because of Mandhata's stiff resistance.

The owners of the first four estates were descendants of Ram Kishan, the former governor of Kalinjar under Raja Hirde Sah of Panna.

Later Chaubes occupied the fort and Ram Kishan declared Independence.