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{{Infobox Military Conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Chakan<br />
| partof = [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Conquests]]<br />
| date = July–August 1660<br />
| place = [[Chakan, Maharashtra]]<br />
| territory = <br />
| result = Mughal victory<ref name="chakan"/><br />
| status = <br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Fictional flag of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Firangoji Narsala]]<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Fictional flag of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Shaista Khan]]<br />
| strength1 = 800<br />
| strength2 = 20000<br />
| strength3 = <br />
| casualties1 = Killed or wounded 300<br />
Surrendered 500<br />
| casualties2 = 3000-5000 killed or wounded<br />
| casualties3 = <br />
| notes = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Chakan''' was fought between the [[Maratha Empire]] and the [[Mughal Empire]] in the year 1660.<ref name="chakan">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=220|publisher=Greenwood Press|author=Jacques, Tony|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|access-date=2015-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=dead|year=2006}}</ref><br />
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The Mughal army advancing towards Pune had to overcome the fort of Chakan around 30 km from the city.<br />
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The fort of Chakan was a ''Bhuikot'', i.e. a land fort and was occupied by around 800 infantry.<br />
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Mughal forces laid siege to the fort hoping for a quick surrender by the numerically inferior Maratha garrison.<br />
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However the Mughal artillery was unable to force the fort into submission.<br />
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Several assaults by the Mughals were repulsed with high casualties. <br />
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After almost two and half months without success the Mughals finally resorted to mining the ''Buruj'' or tower of the fort.<br />
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With the towers demolished the Maratha force agreed to come to terms. The remainder of garrison withdrew from the fort.<br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
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The Mughal commander Shaista Khan was surprised with the prolonged resistance offered at the relatively small fort.<br />
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The siege revealed glaring shortcomings of Mughal army like poor strategy and tactics and overconfidence.<br />
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These were exploited by the Marathas when they routed a Mughal force deployed in Konkan, and again during the most celebrated strike at Shaista Khan's camp in Pune.<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite episode|title=Raja ShivChhatrapati|credits=Producer-Nitin Desai|network=Star Pravah}}<br />
*{{Cite journal|trans-title=Raja Shivachhatrapati |language=mr |script-title=mr:राजा शिवछत्रपती |first=Babasaheb |last=Purandare |author-link = Babasaheb Purandare |publisher=Purandare Prakashan |date=August 2003|location=[[Pune]]|edition=15}}<br />
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{{MarathaEmpire}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire|Chakan]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire|Chakan]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1660|Chakan]]<br />
[[Category:1660 in India]]</div>>Ninney