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In 1794, a large force led by Lakshmi Rao, Anta Rao and Lachhman Rao crossed the Yamuna and marched towards Patiala. [3] Raja Bhag Singh of Jhind, Jodh Singh of Kalsia, Bhanga Singh and Mehtab Singh of Thanesar and the Bhadaur sardars Dip Singh and Bir Singh agreed to join her while Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba sent a detachment.
The Maratha Confederacy, which had been the strongest power in India until then, suffered a crushing defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. By 1769, the confederacy had broken up into semi-independent states ruled by kings like the Sindhia of Gwalior and the Holkar of Indore , all nominally under allegiance to the Peshwa . [ 9 ]
Battle of Sira: 1767 Maratha Confederacy: Mysore: Sira, Mysore Victory Battle of Moti Talab: March 1771 Maratha Confederacy: Mysore: Srirangapatnam, Mysore Victory Maratha-Rohillakhand War Battle of Delhi: 1771 Mughal Empire • Maratha Confederacy: Rohilkhand: Delhi, Mughal Empire: Victory Second Maratha-Mysore War; Battle of Saunshi: 1777 ...
One of the battles she fought in was the Battle of Mardanpur George Thomas an Irish adventure who ruled over the Kingdom of Hisar and Hansi of present-day Haryana state [ 3 ] was keen to expand its territory and turned his attention towards the Sikh territories on his northern frontier and marched towards the Jind along with his force.
The Maratha–Portuguese War of 1683–1684 or Sambhaji's Invasion [3] [4] [5] refers to the Maratha invasion of the Portuguese-controlled portions of Goa and Bombay areas of Konkan. [6] The conflict between the Mahratta Confederacy and the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay , continued on various fronts in between 1683–1684.
The siege of Kunjpura was a 14-day siege in April to May 1772 by Sikh forces led by Sahib Singh against the Mughal coalition forces led by Mughal Ali Khan. Siege ended with a Sikh victory against an allied force of Mughals and Marathas.
The Battle of Vasai or the Battle of Bassein was fought between the Marathas and the Portuguese rulers of Vasai (Portuguese, Baçaim; English, Bassein), a town near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of the present-day state of Maharashtra, India. The Marathas were led by Chimaji Appa, a brother of Peshwa Baji Rao I. [3]
The 600 Maratha soldiers on the fort kept his forces at bay for many months by fierce array of slingshots, lit haystack and huge stones even though they did not have cannons on the fort. Once the Mughal artillery managed to break the fort walls in the evening and they assumed that the fort will be captured easily.