While on death bed, Malhar Rao's appreciation of Tukoji further intensified his loyalty to the royal house of Holkars.

He was more than obedient; he was dutiful, and all his actions were directed to please and conciliate the royal chair to which he was solely indebted for his high station.

Later after the debacle in Third Battle of Panipat, he played an important role in the Maratha Resurrection and subsequently in the First Anglo-Maratha War.

[2] Shah Alam spent six years in the Allahabad fort and after the capture of Delhi in 1771 by the Marathas, left for his capital in under their protection.

During their short stay, Marathas constructed two temples in the Allahabad city, one of them being the famous Alopi Devi Mandir.

After reaching Delhi in January 1772 and realising the Maratha intent of territorial encroachment, however, Shah Alam ordered his general Najaf Khan to drive them out.

In retaliation, Tukoji Rao Holkar and Visaji Krushna Biniwale attacked Delhi and defeated Mughal forces in 1772.