Battle of Lalsot(Tunga)
Date1787
Location
Lalsot
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Gwalior State
Mughal Empire (Hamdani defected)
Rao of Macheri		 Kingdom of Jaipur
Kingdom of Marwar
Mughals under Muhammad Beg Hamadani and Ismail Beg Hamadani
Commanders and leaders
Mahadji Shinde
General de Boigne
Rana Khan
Khande Rao Hari
Ambaji Ingle
Murtaza Khan Barech
Ghasi Khan
Motigir Gosain
Najaf Khan
Leseneau
Le Vassoult
Raja Rajdhar		 Pratap Singh of Jaipur
Bhim Singh
Muhammad Beg Hamadani
Casualties and losses
10000-12000[1] Unknown but comparatively more[2]

The Battle of Lalsot was fought between the Rajputs of Jaipur and Jodhpur against Marathas under Mahadji Scindia to collect taxes from the Rajput States which results Rajput Victory huge loses to Marathas. Mahadji as the Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq of the Mughal Emperor, demanded Rs.63,00,000 from the Jaipur court, however these demands were refused, upon which Mahadji marched against Jaipur with his army. A part of the Mughal army under Hamdani deserted and defected to the Rajput army before the battle. [3][4]However this battle resulted into Indecisive as no party could achieve proper victory against eachother.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ The Moughal Empire by Henry George Keene pg.195
  2. ↑ Fall Of Mughal Empire Vol-3 (hb), Volume 3 By Jadunath Sarkar pg.227
  3. ↑ Sen, Sailendra Nath (1994). Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96. Vol. 2. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 133. ISBN 978-81-7154-789-0.
  4. ↑ New Cambridge History of India. The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4).
  5. ↑ A. Mukhrjee And Co. Ltd. (1951). Banerjee Anil Chandra.
  6. ↑ Sarkar, Jadunath (1991). Fall Of Mughal Empire Vol-3 (hb). Orient Longman. ISBN 978-81-250-1761-5.
  7. ↑ Sen, Sailendra Nath (1994). Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-789-0.
  8. ↑ Markovits, Claude (1 February 2004). A History of Modern India, 1480-1950. Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-84331-004-4.
  9. ↑ Joshi, p m (1954). Persian Records Of Maratha History Vol-ii.
  10. ↑ Rathod, N. G. (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9.
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