| Battle of Gwalior (1754) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha Confederacy | Kingdom of Gohad | ||||||||
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| Vitthal Sadashiv Vinchulkar | Rana Bhim Singh † | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Gwalior took place between Marathas and Kingdom of Gohad between 1754 and 1755. Marathas ultimately defeated the Jat Ruler.
While Marathas were busy in Battle of Kumher the Jaat Ruler of Gohad recovered his territory and captured Gwalior fort, taking advantage of absence of main Maratha army. Raghunathrao despatched Vitthal Sadashiv Vinchulkar, on his arrival Rana Bhim Singh fled to Gwalior fort and locked himself in. [2] [3]
Vitthal Sadashiv Vinchulkar defeated and cut the Jat Army, reaching the house of Rana Bhim Singh, Rana refused to surrender, but finally was defeated and beheaded. [4] [2]
Marathas captured the fort of Gwalior. Nanasahehb build tomb of Rana Bhim Singh there. The fort was recaptured by his son in 1761, but was then again captured by Mahadji Shinde in 1765. [2]
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