Battle of Lalsot

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. 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.[5][1]

Battle of Lalsot
Date1787
Location
Lalsot
Result Jaipur Victory[1][2]
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[3] Unknown [4]

References
  1. New Cambridge History of India. The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4).
  2. Tikkiwal, Harish Chandra (1974). Jaipur and the Later Mughals (1707-1803 A.D.): A Study in Political Relations. Scindia lost the day with the moral of his forces completely shattered, where as, Jaipur gained victory.
  3. The Moughal Empire by Henry George Keene pg.195
  4. Fall Of Mughal Empire Vol-3 (hb), Volume 3 By Jadunath Sarkar pg.227
  5. Sen, Sailendra Nath (1994). Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96. Vol. 2. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 133. ISBN 978-81-7154-789-0.
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