Battle of Bhopal

Battle of Bhopal
Date24 December 1737
Location
Bhopal, India
Result Maratha victory
Territorial
changes		 Malwa formally ceded to Marathas following the Treaty of Bhopal
Belligerents
Maratha Confederacy Hyderabad
Awadh
Jaipur[1]
Kota[2]
Other Mughal chiefs[3]
Commanders and leaders
Baji Rao I
Chimaji Appa
Ranoji Scindia
Pilaji Jadhav		 Asaf Jah I
Saadat Ali Khan
Safdar Jung[4]
Mansur Ali Khan[citation needed]
Sawai Jai Singh[5]
Ishwari Singh of Jaipur[6]
Subhasingh Bundela[7]
Strength
80,000 light cavalry[8] 70,000 troops
120 cannons drawn by war-elephant corps
3,000 Camel-drawn Zamburak gunnery[8]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Bhopal was fought on 24 December 1737 in Bhopal between the Maratha Confederacy and the combined army of the Mughal chiefs,[9] Hyderabad State, Rajput kingdoms and the Oudh State in which Marathas under the leadership of Peshwa Bajirao I were victorious.[10]

  1. ^ Tikkiwal, H. c (1974). Jaipur And The Later Mughals. p. 37.
  2. ^ Sinha H. N. (1954). Rise Of The Peshwas (1954). p. 161.
  3. ^ Chhabra, G.S., ed. (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India Vol. 1. Lotus Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-89093-06-8. Reaching Delhi, the Nizam was joined by several other Mughal chiefs, and at the head of seventy thousand soldiers supported by enormous military supply he marched out to meet the Marathas.
  4. ^ Sinha H. N. (1954). Rise Of The Peshwas (1954). p. 161.
  5. ^ Tikkiwal, H. c (1974). Jaipur And The Later Mughals. p. 37.
  6. ^ Tikkiwal, H. c (1974). Jaipur And The Later Mughals. p. 37.
  7. ^ Tikkiwal, H. c (1974). Jaipur And The Later Mughals. p. 37.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference maratha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ G.S.Chhabra (2005). Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-1: 1707-1803). Lotus Press. ISBN 978-81-89093-06-8.
  10. ^ Jaques, Tony (30 November 2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-02799-4.