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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. •
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. •
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. Jodhpur was named Mohjamabhad by the Mugal emperor. •
Rajput Rebellion 1708-1710 – The three Rajput Raja's Kacchwaha of
Amber,Sishodiya of
Udaipur and Rathore of
Jodhpur made a joint resistance to the Mughals. The Rajputs first expelled the commandants of Jodhpur and
Bayana and recovered
Amer by an 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). •
Siege of Jodhpur and Jaipur (1708) –
Jai Singh and
Ajit Singh storm Amber and Jodhpur and retake their capitals from the Mughal garrisons. •
Battle of Sambhar (1708) - Sayyid Hussain Barha of Mewat defeated near Sambhar by the Rathore-Kachwaha army. Barha shot dead with his two brothers. •
Battle of Bandanwara (1711) –
Maharana Sangram Singh - II defeated Mughal force under Mir Bakshi and Zulfikar Khan. • '''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. •
Battle of Gangwana (1741) – 10,000 Rathore cavaliers of
Bhakt Singh fought a combined army of a 24000 men consisting of
Mughals,
Kachwahas and. 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. •
Battle of Rajmahal (1747) –
Ishwari Singh of
Jaipur defeated a coalition of armies led by
Jagat Singh of
Mewar. •
Battle of Bagru (1748) –
Madho Singh I defeated
Ishwari Singh. •
Battle of Raona (1750) – The
Mughal Empire invaded
Marwar but were repelled by the armies of
Ram Singh and
Ishwari Singh. •
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. •
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. •
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. • 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. •
Siege of Ranthambore (1765) –
Pratap Singh of Macheri defeated Marathas after a long siege •
Battle of Maonda and Mandholi (1767) – Jaipur forces defeat the forces of
Bharatpur. •
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. •
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. •
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. •
Battle of Tunga or Battle of Lalsot (1787) – Combined forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur defeated Maratha forces led by
Mahadji Shinde. •
Battle of Patan (1790) – The Battle of Patan was fought on 20 June 1790 between the Scindias(then Shindes) 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. ==19th Century==