Battle of Kharda

Battle of Kharda
Part of Maratha-Nizam War
Date 11 March 1795 Location Kharda (modern-day Maharashtra) Result Maratha victory
Belligerents
Maratha Confederacy Peshwa Fraction Gwalior State Nagpur Kingdom Indore State Baroda State	Nizam of Hyderabad
Commanders and leaders
Sawai Madhavrao Daulat Rao Shinde Jivabadada Kerkar Tukojirao Holkar Raghoji II Bhonsle Govind Rao Gaekwad	Asaf Jah II Arastu Jah Monsieur Raymond
Strength
	100,000 infantry, 59 heavy guns [1]

The Battle of Kharda also called the Battle of Khurla, took place in 1795 between the Nizamate of Hyderabad and the Maratha Confederacy, in which the Nizam was defeated. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

During the Battle

Governor General John Shore followed the policy of non-intervention despite Nizam being under his protection. This led to the loss of trust with the British. This was the last battle fought together by all the Maratha chiefs, under the leadership of Parshurambhau Patwardhan. The Maratha forces consisted of cavalry, including gunners, bowmen, artillery and infantry. ^{[5] [ page needed ]}

After several skirmishes the Nizams infantry under Raymond launched an attack on the Marathas but Scindia forces under Jivabadada Kerkar defeated them and launched a counter attack which proved to be decisive. The rest of the Hyderabad army fled to the fort of Kharda. The Nizam started negotiations and they were concluded in April 1795. ^{[6] [ page needed ]}

Notes

1. Roy, Kaushik (2011). War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia. Routledge. p. 116.
2. Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 178. ISBN   9788131300343.
3. Stewart Gordon (1993). The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781139055666.
4. Jaques, Tony (2006-11-30). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 524. ISBN   978-0-313-02799-4.
5. Dalrymple, William (2002). White Mughals. New Delhi: Viking by Penguin Books India.
6. Barua, Pradeep (2005-01-01). The State at War in South Asia. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN   978-0-8032-1344-9.

Further reading

• Kulkarni, G. T.; Kantak, M. R. (1980). Battle of Kharda: Challenges and Responses. University of California: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute.

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