Siege of Ratanpur

Siege of Ratanpur (1740)
Part of Maratha conquest of Chhattisgarh
Date1740
Location
Result

Maratha victory

Territorial
changes
Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom and other petty chieftains such as Kanker State, Koriya State, come under suzerainty of Nagpur
Belligerents

Maratha Empire

Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Bhaskar Pandit Raghunath Singh
Strength
40,000 men
chiefly Cavalry
unknown

The siege of Ratanpur in 1740 was a siege led by the Marathas of Nagpur on the fort of Ratanpur, capital of the Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom. There was almost no resistance by the Haihaiyavanshis, which resulted in a victory for the Marathas.