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The '''Battle of Kakkor''' (sometimes spelled Kakor) was fought between the [[Maratha Empire]], led by the veteran Gandadhar Tantiya ordered by [[Malhar Rao Holkar]], and the [[Rajput Kingdoms|Rajput Kingdom]] of Jaipur under [[Sawai Madho Singh]] in present-day Kakor, Uniara, Tonk district of [[Rajasthan]].{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Kakkor<br />
| date = 1759<br />
| place = [[Kakor]], [[Uniara]], [[Tonk district|Tonk]] district, [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| result = <ul><li><nowiki>Rajput victory.</nowiki></li></ul><br />
| combatant1 = [[Jaipur State|Kingdom of Jaipur]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[Maratha empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Sawai Madho Singh]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Malhar Rao Holkar]]<br />[[Gangadhar Tantiya]](Chandrachud)<br />
| casualties1 = Unknown, but heavy<br />
| casualties2 = Unknown<br />
}}<br />
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==Background==<br />
The visitation of 1759 was conducted by Malhar Holkar. In July he had received orders from the Peshwa to go to Rajputana and put pressure on its Rajahs for their promised money. His main duty was to realise 12 lakhs for 1758 and nine lakhs for 1759 from Jaipur, the most solvent of these states. At this point, Jaipur was the strongest power in Rajputana. Moreover, as Raghunath Dada had found in 1757, most of the villages in this kingdom had protective walls and a martial population against whom the southern light cavalry forces could do nothing.<br />
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==Battle==<br />
In November, the Rajputs came out with a force of roughly 4000, led by Jot Singh Nathawat, to attack the Marathas. With his superior numbers and artillery, Malhar enveloped the Kachhwahas at Lakhori and completely crushed them, slaying 20 of their captains. Malhar next laid siege to Barwara, defended by Vikaramjit Rajawat, and some Shekhawat captains. Calling up his troops from Rampura, he forced the garrison to capitulate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |url=https://worldcat.org/title/22910592 |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire volume 2 |year=1934 |pages=196-197 |archive-url=}}</ref><br />
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==Result==<br />
Soon afterwards Malhar had to abandon Rajputana in a hurry in order to reinforce Dattaji at Delhi against the attack of Ahmed Shah Abdali. He set off from the neighbourhood of Barwara, on 2nd January 1760 but was too late to save Dattaji Sindhia.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1759|Kakkor]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire|Kakkor]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs]]</div>Ajay Kumar