Battle of Merta

Battle of Merta
Date10 September 1790
Location
Result Gwalior victory
Belligerents
Gwalior State Kingdom of Marwar
Commanders and leaders
Mahadji Scindhia
General de Boigne
Gopal Bhau
Bhausaheb Malharraje Korde Patil
Ali Bahadur
Ambaji Ingle
Maloji Pingle 
Sukhji Shinde 
Maharaja Vijay Singh
Bhimraj Bhakshi
Gangaram Bhandari
Maheshdas Rathore 
Shiv Singh Rathore 
Surajmal Rathore 
Raghunath Purohit  
Casualties and losses
900 killed and 2500 wounded [1] 4000 killed and 12000 captured [2]

The Battle of Merta was fought on 10 September 1790 between the Gwalior State and the Rajputs of Jodhpur which resulted in a Maratha victory.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rathod, N. G. (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9.
  2. ^ Rathod, N. G. (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9.
  3. ^ 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. 1277. ISBN 978-0-313-02799-4.
  4. ^ Saxena, r k (1957). Maratha Relations With The Major States Of Rajputana. p. 130.