He was one of the
warriors who participated in the successful
1659 battle of Shivaji Maharaj's forces against the forces of
Bijapur's
Adil Shah which immediately followed Adil Shah's general
Afzalkhān's death at Jāwali. He also participated in the battles at Trimbakeshwar Fort and Wāni-
Dindori against the
Mughal Empire. He participated in Shivaji's invasion of
Surat in 1664. He also participated in the Battle of Salher. Moropant surrounded and attacked the 25,000 strong Mughal infantry at Salher with his 20,000 infantry. Prominent Maratha Sardar and Shivaji's childhood friend Suryaji Kakde was killed by a Zamburak cannon in the battle. Chhatrapati Sambhaji son of Shivaji stayed with Moropant's relatives in Mathura after their escape from
Agra.. Moropant introduced sound revenue administration to
Shivaji's regime, and played an important role in resource planning concerning defenses and maintenance of strategic forts. He was also responsible for the construction and administration of
Pratapgad. At Chhatrapati Shivaji's death, Moropant Pingale was working as a supervisor of fort development activities in
Nashik District for the Salher-Mulher forts. Under Shivaji Maharaj's successor,
Chhatrapati Sambhaji, he also participated in the battle of
Burhanpur in 1681 which resulted in the sacking of the important
Mughal trade centre of Burhanpur. He was killed during an ambush by
Mughal forces in 1683. ==References==