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| Siege of Wagingera | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mughal Empire | Bedars | ||||||
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Aurangzeb Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung Daud Khan Panni Asaf Jah I Rao Dalpat Bundela | Pedda Pidia Nayak | ||||||
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| Total: 40,000 | Total: 9,000 | ||||||
During the final Siege of Wagingera, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb sent for Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung who arrived on March 27, and the next day attacked Lal Tikri Hillock which was lost to the Bedars in the early days of the siege and retook it. The Bedars retreated to the village at the foot of Talwargera and began operating from behind its mud wall. Many Rajputs fell in this daring attack. But Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung did not stop there. He sent Rao Dalpat Bundela to another mound which was taken and the Bedars fled to the village of Dhedpura, where he was ambushed. But Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung held his position. A few days afterwards Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung made a strategic move and captured the wells from where the Bedars used to draw their water. He attacked Talwargera on April 27 taking the village.[3]
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