Battle of Kharda

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{{Short description|1795 battle between Nizam and Maratha Confederacy in Western India}}
{{infobox military conflict
| conflict =
| partof =
| date = 11 March 1795
| place = [[Kharda]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| result = [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] victory;
The Nizam ceded much of his territory and paid an indemnity of Rupees 3 crores to Marathas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/battles/baji%20rao%20I%20at%20Kharda.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023221/http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/battles/baji%20rao%20I%20at%20Kharda.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| combatant1 = {{flag|Maratha Empire}}
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag_of_the_State_of_Hyderabad_(18th_century-1900).svg|20px]] [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]
| commander1 = [[Sawai Madhavrao]] [[Daulat Rao Shinde]] [[Jivabadada Kerkar]] [[Tukojirao Holkar]] [[Raghoji II Bhonsle]] [[Govind Rao Gaekwad]]
| commander2 = [[Mir Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II]] [[Aristu Jah]] [[Bhavani Das]]
| strength1 = 100,000<ref>Pradeep Barua</ref>
| strength2 = 150,000<ref>Pradeep Barua</ref>
| name = Battle of Kharda
| casualties1 =
}}
{{Campaignbox Later Mughal-Maratha Wars}}

The '''Battle of [[Kharda]]''' took place in 1795 between [[Nizam]] and [[Maratha Empire]], in which Nizam was badly defeated.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=178}}</ref> Governor General [[John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth|John Shore]] followed the policy of non-intervention despite that Nizam was under his protection. So this led to the loss of trust with the British. This was the last battle fought together by all the Maratha chiefs under leadership of Bakshibahaddar Jivabadada Kerkar. Maratha forces consisted of cavalry, including gunners, bowmen, artillery and infantry.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dalrymple|first=William |author-link=William Dalrymple (historian)|title=White Mughals |publisher=[[Harper Perennial]] |year=2002|ISBN=978-0-00-655096-9}}</ref>

After several skirmishes 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.<ref>The State at War in South Asia By Pradeep Barua pg.91</ref>

[[Chimnaji Phatak]], his son [[Balkrishna Phatak]], [[Latey family|Balkrishna Latey]] were among those who served the Peshwa's camp during the war.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Scroll|Rumal]] No. 43 |publisher=[[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College Historical Collection]] |location=[[Pune]] |volume=[[Menavali]] [[Daftar]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Original Unpublished Marathi Documents |publisher=[[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College Historical Collection]] |location=[[Pune]]}}</ref>

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== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |last1=Kulkarni |first1=G. T. |last2=Kantak |first2=M. R. |title=Battle of Kharda: Challenges and Responses |date=1980 |publisher=[[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute]] |location=[[University of California]] |language=en}}

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1795]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire]]

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