▁and ▁embar rass ed ▁by ▁the ▁negative ▁public ity , ▁the ▁India ▁Office ▁ad vised ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁careful ▁with ▁money . ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁wrote ▁back ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" very ▁hurt ▁and ▁anno yed ▁at ▁being ▁contin ually ▁thought ▁ill ▁of ", ▁and ▁also ▁def ended ▁himself ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁Times . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁India ▁although ▁two ▁months ▁remained ▁on ▁his ▁le ase ▁at ▁Sh illing lee . ▁ ▁First ▁years ▁as ▁r uler ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁returned ▁from ▁England ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁staff ▁had ▁left ▁and ▁several ▁assass ination ▁plans ▁had ▁been ▁un cover ed . ▁Rum ours ▁spread ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁about ▁to ▁ab d icate . ▁Despite ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁British ▁officials , ▁he ▁made ▁several ▁controvers ial ▁dec isions , ▁accum ulated ▁expensive ▁poss essions ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁increase ▁his ▁income . ▁He ▁tried ▁to ▁rec laim ▁land ▁given ▁away ▁by ▁previous ▁r ul ers ▁and ▁although ▁he ▁reduced ▁re venue ▁tax ation , ▁he ▁im posed ▁an ▁additional ▁land ▁rent ▁which , ▁couple d ▁with ▁severe ▁dr ought , ▁led ▁to ▁re bell ion ▁in ▁some ▁villages ; ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁ordered ▁his ▁army ▁to ▁destroy ▁them ▁in ▁ret ribution . ▁The ▁new ▁resident ▁at ▁Raj k ot , ▁Claude ▁Hill , ▁was ▁concerned ▁by ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁actions ▁early ▁in ▁