List of battles in Rajasthan

Wars and battles involving ancient Rajputana

Battle of Haldighati, fought between Mughals and Maharana Pratap.

Several significant battles are recorded to have taken place in what is now known as Rajasthan, India.

## 8-9th Century

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* Umayyad campaigns in India (711–740 CE) – An alliance of rulers under the Rajput-Pratihara King Nagabhata I defeated the Arabs in 711 CE in alliance with Kingdom of Mewar king Bappa Rawal, and forced them to retreat to Sindh.[1]
* Arab Invasion of Rajputana (800–836 CE) \- An alliance of local rulers under Nagbhata II of Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty and Rawal Khoman II of Mewar successfully repulsed an Invasion of Arabs under Bashar the governor of Sindh, Govindraj Chauhan and other Rajput leaders of Kannauj, Punjab, Gujarat and Delhi also played a major role in the battle.[2][3][4][5][6]

* Umayyad Invasion of Rajasthan

The Guhila Rajputs were feudatories of the Moriya (Mori) Rajputs of Chitor and they came into prominence in the time of Khummaņa I popularly known as Bappā Rāwal who was the 9th ruler in the family of Guhadatta. He started his political career as a vassal of the Mori monarch Manurāja and probably led the Mori forces against the Arabs. In this expedition, Bappā Rāwal achieved complete victory.[7]

## 11th century

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* Kachwaha invasion of Dhundhar (1071) – Dulha Rai of Kachhwaha dynasty led an army from Gwalior, he defeated the Bargujars and Meenas and conquered Dhundhar from them.[8]

## 12th century

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* Battle of Ajmer (circa. 1135-1150 CE) – Rajput forces under Arnoraja Chauhan defeated invading forces of the Seljuk Empire under Ghaznavid King Bahram Shah.[9]
* Battle of Khetri (circa. 1150-1164 CE) – Forces of the Ghazanvid Empire under Khusrau Shah of Ghazna defeated by Chauhan dynasty under Vigraharaja IV. This decisive victory not only marked the successful defense of the region but also resulted in the annexation of Hansi (Asika) into the Chahamana territory.[10][11]
* Battle of Kasahrada (1178) – Mularaja II of Chaulukya dynasty defeated Muhammad of Ghor.[12][13][14]
* Siege of Bayana (1196) – Muhammad of Ghor besieged Bayana, then capital of the Jadaun Rajputs, whose ruler Kumarpala was defeated and the territory passed under Muhammad of Ghor who placed it under his senior slave Bahauddin Tughril.[15]
* Battle of Kasahrada (1197) — Qutb al-Din Aibak, a slave-commander of Muhammad of Ghor defeated Chaulukya king Bhima II
* Battle of Ajmer (1196) – Qutubuddin Aibak Invaded Rajasthan but he was defeated by confederacy of Hindu Rajputs and Mhers in 1196 CE.[16]

## 13th century

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* Siege of Jalore (1211) – Iltutmish Be Jalore he was repulsed by Udayasimha of Jalore in 1211 CE.[16]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1226) \- Iltutmish captured the Ranthambore fort in 1226 CE.[17]
* Siege of Mandore (1227)  – Iltutmish captured Mandore but it was soon Reacaptured by Rajputs in 1227 CE.[16]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1236) – Vagbhata Chauhan recaptured Ranthambore during the reign of the Delhi ruler Razia.[17]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1248) – Vagabhata Chauhan successfully defended the fort against Nasiruddin Mahmud.[17]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1253) – Vagbhata Chauhan repelled another invasion from the Mamluks.[17]
* Invasion of Mewar (1253–54) \- Rawal Tejasimha fought series of battle against Balban.[18]
* Invasion of Mewar (1255) \- Rawal Tejasimha who gave refuge to Qutlug Khan who revolted against Sultan of Delhi repelled another invasion from Balban .[18]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1259) – Nasiruddin Mahmud captured Ranthambore from Jetra Singh Chauhan.
* Siege of Ranthambore (1283) – Shakti Dev Chauhan recaptured Ranthambore from the Mamluks.
* Battle of Ranthambore (1290) – Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji attacked Hammir Dev because of his rising power. Jalaludin's forces were defeated by Hammir.
* Siege of Jalore (1291) –Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji attacked Jalore but he was forced to retreat by Vaghela ruler of Gujarat Sarangadeva in 1291 CE.[16]
* Siege of Jaisalmer (1294–1295) – Alauddin Khalji commanded the Khilji army under Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji and plundered Jaisalmer after a siege that lasted for a year. For some years afterwards Jaisalmer remained abandoned before the surviving Rajputs reoccupied it.[19]
* Battle of Banas (1300)  – Alauddin Khalji sent his younger brother Ulugh Khan to Invaded Ranthambore but he was defeated by Hammiradeva generals Bhimasimha and Dharmasimha in 1300 CE.[16]

## 14th Century

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* Siege of Ranthambore (1301) – Hammiradeva defeated Alauddin Khalji's generals Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan; later, Alauddin defeated Hamira dev.
* Siege of Chittor (1303) – Alauddin Khalji defeated Rawal Ratan Singh.
* Siege of Jalore (1305)  – Kanhadadeva defeated Delhi army and killed general Shaheen.[16]
* Battle of Siwana (1305)  – Sitaldeva Commander of Siwana fort defeated and killed Alauddin Khalji Generals Nahar Malik and Kandadhara Bhoja.[16]
* Siege of Siwana (1308) – Malik Kamaluddin a general of Alauddin Khalji defeated Sheetal Deo.
* Siege of Jalore (1310) – Kanhad Dev repulsed Alauddin Khalji General Shama Khan[16]
* Battle of Jalore (1310–11) – Alauddin Khalji defeated Kanhad Dev after a long and bloody war it was a pyrrhic victory.[20]
* Battle of Chittor (1321) – Rana Hammir Singh defeated Maldev Songara, a vassal of the Tughlaq dynasty and recovered Mewar.[21]
* Battle of Singoli (1336) – Rana Hammir Singh defeated and imprisoned Muhammad bin Tughluq and annexed Ajmer, Ranthambhore Fort, Nagaur and Shivapuri.[22][23]
* Battle of Mallani ( 1374 ) \- Rawal Mallinath Rathore with the help of Firoz Shah Tughlaq Defeated Tribhuvanshi[24]
* Battle of Mallani (1378) – Rawal Mallinath Rathore defeated thirteen division of Mohamadan army of Nijjamudin of Malwa and Firoz Shah Tughlaq.[25][26]
* Battle of Mandore (1394) – Rawal Mallinath Rathore sent a contingent under his nephew Rao Chunda to annex Mandore. Rao Chunda defeated Muslim force and annexed Mandore.[27]
* Battle of Mandore (1396) – Rao Chunda Rathore successfully defended Mandore against a Tughlaq army and captured Sambhar, Didwana, Khatu and Ajmer from them.[28]
* Battle of Nagaur (1399) – Rao Chunda Rathore defeated Jalal Khan Khokhar of Nagaur and annexed Nagaur[25]
* Battle of Mallani (1399) – Kunwar Jagmal Singh Mahecha Rawal of Malani defeated Hathi Khan general of Gujarat Sultan Mahmud Begada and married Muslim princess Gindoli.[29][26]

## 15th Century

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* Battle of Badnore (1415) – Rana Lakha defeated sultan of Delhi at Badnore and further took the war to Gaya in Bihar and got exemption from the pilgrimage tax imposed on the Hindus for their visit there.[30][31]
* Battle of Mandore (1421) – Rao Chunda Re-captured Nagaur from Firozkhan.[32]
* Battle of Sirohi (1434) – Rao Ranmal defeated Rao Sahasmal Deora and captured Basantgarh, Bhula and areas of Abu.[33]
* Siege of Mandalgarh (1435-6) – Rao Ranmal Rathore captured Mandalgarh fort from Rao Bairisal Hada.[34]
* Battle of Jahazpur (1436) –Rana Kumbha defeated Hadas of Bundi At Jahazpur[35]
* Conquest of Eastern Sirohi State (1437)  \- Rana Kumbha Marched Against Sirohi State Captured Parganas of Ajahari, Pindwara from Sirohi Ruler Sahasmal[36]
* Battle of Sarangpur (1437) – Rana Kumbha supported by Rao Ranmal Rathore defeated and imprisoned Mahmud Khalji.To commemorate this victory, Rana Kumbha built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in the fortress of Chittor.[citation needed]
* Capture of Ajmer (1437)  – Rana Kumbha Captured Ajmer From Nagaur Sultan Firoz Khan[37]
* Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas (1442-1446) – A series of battles that took place between Mahmud Khalji of Malwa and Rana Kumbha of Mewar. Bloodied by these engagements the Sultan did not attack Mewar for another ten years.[38][39]
* Siege of Gagron (1444) – Sultan Mahmud besieged Gagron fort which belonged to Palhan Singh Khichi. Rana Kumbha had sent reinforcements under his commander Dahir, but Dahir died in battle and Palhan was killed by bhils while fleeing from the fort.[40]
* Siege of Mandore (1454) – Rao Jodha Rathore recaptured Mandore from Rana Kumbha.[41]
* Battle of Abu (1455) – Qutbuddin sent Imadul Mulk to invade Mewar through Abu, but Imadul suffered heavy losses against the Mewari soldiers posted on the hills and was immediately called back.[42]
* Battle of Nagaur (1456) – Rana Kumbha defeated the combined armies of Shams Khan (sultan of Nagaur) and Qutbuddin (Sultan of Gujarat) and captured Nagaur, Kasili, Khandela and shakambhari.[43]
* Battle of Mandalgarh (1456) – Sultan Mahmud attacked Mandalgarh, he sent seven detachments to attack the Rana Kumbha from multiple directions. The Malwa forces under Taj Khan and Ali Khan suffered heavy losses in battle against Rana Kumbha after which Mahmud retreated the next morning.[44]
* Siege of Mandalgarh (1456–57) – In December Rana Kumbha was forced to move north to confront the sultan of Gujarat, Sultan Mahmud once again attacked Mandalgarh and captured it after a siege. Fort was later recaptured by the Rajputs .[45]
* Siege of Kumbhalgarh (1458-9) – Sultan Mahmud besieged Kumbhalgarh fort but finding the fort too strong he retreated back to Mandu.[46]
* Siege of Nagaur (1466) – Rao Jodha defeated Fatankhan of Nagaur. Fatankhan was forced to flee to Jhunjhunu.[47]
* Battle of Mandalgarh (1467) – Sultan Mahmud invaded Mewar and fought a battle with Rana Kumbha, but retreated after defeated & taking heavy losses.[46]
* Battle of Mandalgarh (1473)  \- After failed invasion of Chittor Sultan of Malwa then marched up to capture Mandalgarh but again was defeated by Rana Raimal. After defeating the Sultan of Malwa, the Rajput army chased them up to Khairabad and later it was sacked and Plundered from which Rajputs extracted heavy fines from the Sultan of Malwa.[48]
* Battle of Chappar-Dronpur (1474) – Rao Jodha defeated Bahlol Khan and Hussian Shah of Jaunpur Sultanat.[49]
* Siege of Chittorgarh (1475) – After the death of Udai Singh I The sultan of Mandu helped Surajmal and Shahasmal. He started with a large army to assist Surajmal and Shashasmal to the throne of Mewar and arrived near Chittor. Rana Raimal issued from the fortress and attacked Ghiyath Shah who being utterly defeated, fled to Mandu.[50]
* Conquest of Jangladesh (1485) \- Rao Bika invaded Jangladesh which was in the control of Jat settlements. Bika led an army of 300 Rajput warriors and subjugated all of the Jat clans of northern Rajasthan.[51][52][53]
* Battle of Sambhar (1486) \- Rao Jodha Rathore Defeated invading army of Raja chandrasen of Amber[54]
* Battle of Shiv (1486) \- Rao Jodha Rathore Defeated Rawal Devidas of Jaisalmer and re-occupied Shiv[54]
* Battle of Bikaner (1488) -Bahlol Lodi sent an expedition against Rao Bika under Sarang Khan the governor of Hissar but the Muslim army was Defeated and Sarang Khan was killed[55]
* Battle of Peepar (1492) – Rao Satal Rathore defeated Gudhla Khan, an Afghan general and rescued 140 Maidens that had been captured. Rao Satal himself died that night of the wounds received in the battle.[56]
* Capture of Ajmer (1495) – Prithviraj Sisodia defeated afgans at Taragarh fort and slayed afgan Governor Mallu Khan [57]

## 16th Century

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* Battle of Bikaner (1513) – Muhammad Khan of Nagaur invaded Rathor kingdom of Bikaner but was defeated by Lunkaran Rathore.
* Battle of Jaisalmer ( 1513 ) – Lunkaran bhati was defeated by Rawal Jaitsi.
* Battle of Khatoli (1518) – Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.
* Battle of Dholpur (1519) – Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi second time.
* Battle of Gagron (1519) – Rana Sanga defeated Mahmud Khalji of Malwa.
* Rana Sanga conquest of Gujarat (1520) \- In 1520 Rana Sanga led a coalition of Rajput armies to invade Gujarat. He reinstated Raimal as the Rao of Idar and defeated the Gujarat Sultanate forces under the command of Nizam Khan. Rana Sanga drove the army of Muzaffar II deep into Gujarat and chased them up to Ahmedabad.[58] The Sultan of Gujarat was forced to flee to Muhammadabad.[59][60]
* Siege of Mandsaur (1520) – Sultan Muzaffar Shah II sent an army under Malik Ayaz but failed and retreated to Gujarat.[61]
* Battle of Sevaki (1529) – Rao Ganga and Rao Jaitsi defeated Shekha and Daulat Khan of Nagaur.
* Battle of Hirabadi (1533) – Rao Maldeo defeated Daulat Khan of Nagaur. Daulat Khan was forced to flee to AAjmer
* Siege of Jaisalmer (1537) – Rao Maldeo besieged Jaisalmer. Rawal Lunkaran sued for peace.
* Battle of Sammel (1544) – Afghan victory against Rao Maldeo force led by Rao Jaita and Rao Kumpa Marwar kingdom
* Battle of Jodhpur (1545)– Rao Maldeo Rathore defeated the Afghan garrison in Marwar and reoccupied his lost territories .[62]

## 16th Century

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* Battle of Bayana (1527) – Mughal advance guard was defeated by Rana Sanga.[63]
* Battle of Khanwa (1527) – Mughal army defeated Rana sanga
* Siege of Bikaner (1534) – Rao Jaitsi Rathore defeated Mughal force under Kamran brother of emperor Humayun.[64]
* Battle of Harmada (1557) – Rao Maldeo Rathore defeated Udai Singh II and captured Merta.[65][66]
* Battle of Ajmer (1559) – Akbar's general Qasim Khan annexed Ajmer from Maldeo Rathore.[67]
* Battle of Merta (1562) – Akbar with the help of ruler of Bikaner and Amer defeated Rao Chandra Sen Rathore and captured Merta.
* Battle of Lohawat (1562) – Rao Chandra Sen defeated Udai Singh.
* Battle of Nadol (1563) – Rao Chandra Sen defeated Ramchandra Rathore. Ramchandra fled to Nagaur.
* First Mughal Invasion of Marwar (1562-1583) – Akbar invaded Marwar and occupied Jodhpur. The ruler Rao Chandra Sen continued his struggle until his death in 1581 after which Marwar submitted to Mughal rule in 1583.[68]
* Battle of Mandalgarh (1567) – Akbar advanced by Dholpur route taking the forts of Sivapura and Kota, he dispatched a Mughal army under Asaf khan to take surrounding forts. Mandalgarh was the first to be attacked but Asaf khan was repulsed by the faithful commander Ballu Sinhji, a Solanki Rajput. Later Asaf khan and Wazir khan conquered Mandalgarh by defeating the Solanki contingent of the fort.[69]
* Siege of Chittorgarh (1567) – Akbar defeated Rao Jaimal and Patta Sisodia (Rana Udai Singh II and the entire royal family were forcefully sent out of the fort by the feudal lords to continue the struggle.)
* Siege of Ranthambore (1568) – A successful siege by Akbar causes the Rajput leader Rao Surjan Hada to surrender Ranthambore Fort.
* Siege of Siwana (1572) – Mughal force under General Udai Singh Rathore defeated Kalyanmal Singh Rathore and Kalyandas Rathore and annexed powerful fort of Siwana which served as Rao Chandra Sen's capital was captured by the Mughals after a siege of 8 months.[70]
* Battle of Haldighati (1576) – Battle between Man Singh I and Pratap Singh I.[71][72]
* Battle of Mohi (1577) \- When the imperial commanders were establishing order in the rebel areas Akbar in order to personally supervise the reduction of the Rana’s power personally left Ajmer for Gogunda on 11 October 1576 A. D. Then the emperor moved further in the north-easterly direction and put Majahad Beg, Ghazi Khan Badakhshi, Sarif Khan Atka etc., with 3,000 horsemen at Mohi(near Nathdwara). Here he remained for some time. But when the protecting armies of Man Singh and his colleagues had withdrawn from the neighbourhood, Pratap’s soldiers fell upon him and Majahad Beg was killed in the skirmish that followed. Mohi was taken by the Rajputs in September, 1577, and the Emperor made no attempt to re-occupy the place for some time.[73][74][75][76]
* Battle of Dewair (1582) – Maharana Pr]atap fought against Mughal governor of Dewair Sultan Khan and defeated him and 36 Mughal posts were dissolved.[77]
* Battle of Dattani (1583) – Rao Surtan Deora Chauhan of Sirohi defeated Mughal force.
* Siege of Kumbhalgarh (1583) \- Maharana Pratap recaptured Kumbhalgarh fort from Mughals.[78]
* Siege of Ontala (1599) \- Rana Amar Singh defeated and killed Mughal general Kayum Khan to capture Ontala fort.[79]
* Prince Salim's Invasion of Mewar-Prince Salim, later known as Emperor Jahangir, along with Raja Man Singh, led an invasion of the kingdom of Mewar and successfully defeated Amar Singh. Following the defeat, Amar Singh fled into the hills and a significant portion of Mewar was annexed to the Mughal Empire. This included territories such as Mohi, Ontala, Bagore, and Mandal, which became part of the Mughal dominion.

## 17th Century

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* Battle of Dewair (1606) – Fought in a valley 40 km from Kumbalgarh. Rana Amar Singh won and the Mughal prince Muhammad Parviz fled from the battlefield with his commander Asaf Khan III.[80][81]
* Battle of Ranakpur (1611) \- Rana Amar Singh won mughal forces under Abdullah Khan rendering his Mewar expedition.[82]
* Rajput War (1679–1707) also known as Rathore Rebellion – Emperor Aurangzeb took Marwar under his direct control after the death of Maharaja Jaswant Singh. The Rathore army under Durgadas Rathore carried out a relentless struggle against the occupying forces. In 1707 after the death of Aurangzeb,Durgadas defeated the local Mughal force and reoccupied Jodhpur and their lost territories by.[83]
* Battle of Udaipur (1680) – Aurangzeb attacked Mewar and plundered Udaipur, the citizens were safely escorted to Panarwa a hilly region by Rana Raj Singh but 63 temples in and around Udaipur were plundered and many villages were burned down by Aurangzeb's general Taj Khan. The Mughal army was eventually starved because of the scorched earth techniques and guerrilla warfare used by the Rana. Aurangzeb after a failed campaign left Mewar to his son Akbar and retreated to Ajmer.[84] during that time naruji barhath a charan warrior fought bravely to protect jagdish mandir from Aurangzeb army. he was martyred while fighting to mughal army[85][86][87][88]
* Battle of Aravalli hills (1680) – In the second half of 1680, after several months of such setbacks, Aurangzeb decided on an all-out offensive. Niccolao Manucci, an Italian gunner in the Mughal army, says: "for this campaign, Aurangzeb put in pledge the whole of his kingdom." Three separate armies, under Aurangzeb's sons Akbar, Azam and Muazzam, penetrated the Aravalli hills from different directions. However, their artillery lost its effectiveness while being dragged around the rugged hills and the Prince Akbar rebelled against Aurangzeb . Aurangzeb later complied to the demands of Rana Raj Singh and Mewar was left alone.[89]
* Battle of Khanana (1681-1687) – Rathore rebels under Veer Durgadas Rathore defeated Mughal force. This battle resulted in major victory for Rathores. Kumpawats captured Siwana town from Mughals. Mughal commander Purdil Khan was killed in this battle.[90]
* Battle of Ajmer (1690) – Durgadas Rathore defeated Safi Khan.

## 18th Century

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* Battle of Jodhpur (1707) – Durgadas Rathore took advantage of the disturbances following the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 to seize Jodhpur and eventually evict the occupying Mughal force out of Marwar.[91]
* Annexation of Amer (1708) – Bahadur Shah I marched with a large army and annexed Amer without a war. Raja Sawai Jai Singh was forced to retreat with his army. Amber was named 'Mominabad' by the Mughal emperor.[92]
* Battle of Merta (1708) – Bahadur Shah I's general Mihrab Khan defeated Ajit Singh of Marwar. The Mughal emperor was advised to stay in Ajmer as the Mughals were wary of the guerrilla tactics of Veer Durgadas. Ajit Singh however went against the advice of Durgadas Rathore and directly confronted the large Mughal army. The Mughals bombarded the Rathor horsemen with cannons and rockets and forced them to retreat after heavy losses. Jodhpur was once again occupied by the Mughals.[93]
* Rajput Rebellion 1708-1710 – The three Rajput Raja's of Amber, Udaipur and Jodhpur made a joint resistance to the Mughals. The Rajputs first expelled the commandants of Jodhpur and Bayana and recovered Amer by a night attack. They next killed Sayyid Hussain Khan Barha in the "Battle of Sambhar (1709)". Ajit Singh also attacked Ajmer and forced its governor to pay tribute. Sayyid Hidayatullah, the governor of Ranthambor was also defeated, bringing a danger to the Mughal capital itself. Bahadur Shah I, then in the Deccan was forced to patch up a truce with the Rajput Rajas (1710).[94]
* Siege of Jodhpur and Jaipur (1708) – Jai Singh and Ajit Singh storm Amber and Jodhpur and retake their capitals from the Mughal garrisons.[95]
* Battle of Sambhar (1708) \- Sayyid Hussain Barha of Mewat defeated near Sambhar by the Rathore-Kachwaha army. Barha shot dead with his two brothers.[95]
* Battle of Javli (1710) – Mir Khan of Narnaul with 7000 Mughal troops and Churaman Jat with 6000 Jats effectively checked by Gaj Singh Naruka at Javli.[95]
* Battle of Tonk (24 March 1710) – Muhammad Khan of Tonk defeated by the Rathore-Kachwaha army.[95]
* Battle of Kama (1708) (4–7 October 1708) – Ajit Singh Kachwaha, the zamindar of Kama defeated combined armies of Mughals and Jats. The Mughal-Jat army numbered 18,000 while the Kachwahas had 10,000 horsemen. After a bitter fight the Mughal faujdar Raza Bahadur was killed and the injured Jat leader Churaman was forced to retreat to Thun.[96]
* Battle of Bandanwara (1711) – Maharana Sangram Singh - II defeated Mughal force under Mir Bakshi and Zulfikar Khan.[97]
* Jai Singh II's campaign against the Jats (1718-1722) – Farrukhsiyar sent Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur. The Mughal Emperor had no choice but to send Jai Singh II of Amber against the Rajput. Badan Singh joined Jai Singh prepared an army of 14,000 men and marched towards the Jat strongholds. Muhkam Singh attacked Jai Singh's army at night several times leading to heavy losses on both sides. Badan Singh who was with the army of Rajah Jai Singh pointed out the weak spots and helped in the reduction of two fortified outworks. After conducting the defence for about two months, Muhkam fled to Jodhpur where he paid the Jodhpur Maharaja Ajit Singh three lakh rupees to help him against Jai Singh. A Jodhpur army was sent under Bijairaj Bhandari to save Thoon, however by the time the Jodhpur army reached Jobner, it was too late as most of the Jat strongholds had fallen and many smaller forts had been dismantled. Muhkam had no choice but to go into exile, a Mughal army was sent to chase him, however he was saved by the Maharaja of Jodhpur. Badan Singh was thus made the Thakur of Bharatpur by Jai Singh. [98]
* Battle of Gangwana (1741) – 1,000 Rathore cavaliers of Bhakt Singh fought a combined army of a 100,000 men consisting of Mughals, Kachwahas, Jadauns, and Jats. In this battle Bhakt Singh was defeated but his cavalry charge killed and injured thousands of his foes. Sir Jadunath Sarkar quotes that - "the battle front was like tigers upon a flock of sheep". According to Harcharandas more than 12,000 men were slain in the battlefield.[99][100][101]
* Battle of Rajmahal (1747) – Ishwari Singh of Jaipur defeated a coalition of armies led by Jagat Singh of Mewar.[102]
* Battle of Bagru (1748) – Madho Singh I defeated Ishwari Singh.[103]
* Battle of Raona (1750) – The Mughal Empire invaded Marwar but were repelled by the armies of Ram Singh and Ishwari Singh.[104]
* Battle of Luniawas (1750) – Bhakt Singh challenged his nephew Ram Singh for the throne of Marwar. Ram Singh hired a large contingent of Afghan and Baloch Musketeers from Sindh to defeat his uncle, he further formed a powerful army in Jodhpur and appointed Sher Singh Rathore, a veteran general of Marwar to defeat the usurper. At first Ram Singhs general Sher Singh Rathore pushed Bhakt Singh 4 miles back and almost forced him to retreat, 2000 Rathores of Bhakt Singh fell in the battle with 9 Rathor nobles and Bhakt Singh was severely injured by spear and bullet wounds, but Bhakt Singh made a fierce counterattack which killed Sher Singh and most of Ram Singhs commanders making the battle a costly victory for Bhakt Singh.[105][106]
* Battle of Ajmer (1752) – In May 1752 Jayappaji Rao Scindia and Ram Singh I attacked Ajmer, sacked it and massacred the populace. Upon learning of the invasion, Bhakt Singh marched with his army and camped 8 miles away from Ajmer. He waited till July and then attacked Jayappa. Bhakt Singh blocked the surrounding paths and placed his guns on a hill, he then bombarded the Marathas, upon receiving heavy casualties, the Marathas fled along with the army of Ram Singh.[107]
* Battle of Kumher (1754) – Suraj Mal Jat ruler of Bharatpur defeated combind army of Marathas, Mughals and Jaipur.
* Capture of Alwar Fort (1756) – Madho Singh of Jaipur had occupied Alwar Fort by paying Rupees 50 thousand as bribe to its custodian and sending 500 men. When Suraj Mal heard of it, he despatched a strong force of 5,000 under Rup Ram Katari and the siege of the fort was taken up. Soon after Jawahar Singh also joined him. In the ensuing fight there, the Jats easily gained the day and thus wrested the fort from the Rajputs (c. 23 March 1756). The Jaipur ruler, though visibly mortified by the reverse, held back as he felt himself powerless in ejecting the Jats.[108]
* Siege of Barwara and Tonk Forts (1757) - Raghunath Rao and Malhar Rao Holkar laid siege on the forts of Barwara and Tonk against Madho Singh I. It resulted in Stalemate.
* Battle of Kakkor (1759) \- Malhar rao Holkar crushed the forces of Jaipur who were 4000 in number and killed their 21 captains.
* Battle of Mangrol (1761) – Madho Singh of Jaipur fought Malhar Rao Holkar. The Jaipur army had 10,000 men while the Holkar army had 6,000 men from Indore and 3,000 men supplied by the Rao of Kota. After a 2-day battle the Jaipur army was completely destroyed. However Malhar Rao was not able to plunder Dhundhar for long as he was recalled to Bundelkhand because of rebellions and threats of invasion by Shuja-Ud-Daula of Awadh.[109]
* Siege of Ranthambore (1765) – Pratap Singh of Macheri defeated Marathas after a long siege[110]
* Battle of Maonda and Mandholi (1767) – Jaipur forces defeat the forces of Bharatpur.[111]
* Battle of Kama (1768) – Madho Singh I invaded Bharatpur at the head of 16,000 men where he defeated jat leader Jawahar Singh again on 29 February 1768.[112][111]
* Battle of Mandan (1775) – The Shekhawats defeated a Mughal force under Mitrasen Ahir, Peero Khan and Kale Khan. After heavy losses on both sides, Peero Khan died and Mitra Sen fled.[113]
* Conquest of Alwar (1775)  \- Pratap Singh Naruka took the possession of the Alwar fort by bribing the Jat garrison, whose pay had long been in arrears.[114]
* Battle of Khatu Shyamji (1779) – Chood Singh Nathawat of Doongri and Dalel Singh Khangarot of Sewa defeated the imperial army under Murtaza Khan Bhadech, Najaf Khan and Abdullah Khan.[115]
* Battle of Tunga or Battle of Lalsot (1787) – Combined forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur defeated Maratha forces led by Mahadji Shinde.[116][117]
* Battle of Patan (1790) – The Battle of Patan was fought on 20 June 1790 between the Scindias of Gwalior and the Kachwahas of Jaipur, and resulted decisive victory of Maratha forces.
* Battle of Merta (1790) – Maratha army of Mahadaji Shinde under De Boigne defeated the army of Vijay Singh.
* Battle of Fatehpur (1799) – The Battle was fought in March 1799 between the Maratha Kingdom of Gwalior supported by General George Thomas and the Kingdom of Jaipur under Pratap Singh of Jaipur which resulted in a decisive Jaipur victory.[118]
* Battle of Malpura (1800) – Combined Force of Rathores and Kachhawahas defeated by Marathas under Daulat Rao Sindhia[119][120]

## 19th Century

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* Siege of Deeg (1804) – Jats under Ranjit Singh and Marathas under Yashwantrao Holkar defeated by East India Company.
* Siege of Bharatpur (1805) – Jats and Marathas defeated East India Company
* Siege of Mehrangarh (1806) – Man Singh of Marwar defeated the armies of Jaipur, Mewar and Bikaner. So comprehensively that Jagat Singh of Jaipur had to pay a sum of Rs. 2,00,000 to secure his safe passage. In honour of Man Singhs victory over Jaipur the Jai Pol, or victory gate was built in the fort in 1808.
* Siege of Bharatpur (1825–26) – East India Company defeated Bharatpur State
* Battle of Bithoda (8 September 1857) – Kushal Singh Champawat, a noble of Jodhpur joined the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British Empire, around 5,000 Rajputs of Pali joined him. The British asked Takht Singh to deal with him, however most of the Rathore nobles refused to fight with a fellow clansmen for foreigners. Kushal Singh thus defeated a force of local levies raised by Takht Singh of Jodhpur.[121]
* Battle of Chelawas (1857-1858) – Kushal Singh killed Captain Mason and Hung his head on his fort gate for insulting him, he then defeated a British army of 2,000 men under Brigadier Lawrence.
* Siege of Auwa (1857-1858) – An army of 30,000 men under Colonel Holmes forced Kushal Singh to retreat to his fort in Auwa. Holmes besieged the Auwa Fort and breached it after 6 months of siege. Kushal Singh was able to escape to Udaipur. Auwa was then confiscated by the British until the death of Kushal Singh in 1864.[122]

## See also

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* List of dynasties and rulers of Rajasthan
* List of wars involving India
* Afghan–Sikh Wars
* Mughal–Maratha Wars
* Mughal-Rajput Wars
* Ahom–Mughal conflicts
* Chola–Chalukya wars
* Ancient Hindu wars
* List of Anglo-Indian Wars
* Battles involving the Maratha Empire
* List of battles involving the Sikh Empire
* Military history of the North-West Frontier
* List of early Hindu–Muslim military conflicts in the Indian subcontinent

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