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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|War between Bharatpur and Jaipur}}<br />
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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
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| date = 29 February 1768<br />
| place = Kama, [[Rajasthan]]<br />
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| result = Jaipur Victory<ref name=OV>Fall of the Mughal Empire vol-2, page-286, by Jadunath Sarkar, publisher-Orient Black Swan, {{ISBN|9788125032458}}</ref><ref name=LV>A History of Rajasthan, by Rima Hooja, Rupa Publication, page-681, {{ISBN|8129108909}}</ref><ref name=MR>Rajasthan District Gazetteers Jaipur by Gupta Savitri [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146813/page/n68/mode/1up] p.51</ref><ref name=OK>Rajasthan Through the Ages, page-208, by R.K. Gupta and S.R. Bakshi, publisher-Sarup and Sons, {{ISBN|978-81-7625-841-8}} (set)</ref><br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px|]] [[Jaipur state]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Bharatpur.png|25px|]] [[Bharatpur State]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Madho Singh I|Madho Singh]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Jawahar Singh]]<br>Madec<br>Dan Sahi<br />
| strength1 = 16,000 Rajputs<ref name=OV/><br />
| strength2 = 10,000 Sikhs<ref name=OV/><br> Unknown number of Sepoys under Madec<ref name=OV/><br />
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The '''Battle of Kama''' was fought due to the consequences of [[Battle of Maonda and Mandholi|Battle of Maonda]], Madho Singh followed up his victory and advanced towards Bharatpur territory with 16,000 men.<ref name="sarkar">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&q=History+of+Jaipur+by+Jadunath+Sarkar|title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 |first=Jadunath |last=Sarkar |year=1994 |page=256|isbn=9788125003335 }}</ref><ref name=OK/><br />
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==Battle==<br />
Upon knowing of Madho's invasion Jawahar employed 10,000 Sikhs and increased Madecs pay in order to employ more Sepoys.<ref name=OV/><ref name=OK/> On 29 February 1768, the two armies met outside Kama and a fight followed in which the Bharatpur army were beaten back and forced to retreat, with the loss of their general Dan Sahi.<ref name=OV/><ref name=OK/> Jawahar Singh did not try to fight Madho Singh with his regular soldiers and instead chose to hire more Sikh mercenaries. He hired 20,000 Sikh mercenaries at a cost of seven lakhs a month, after which Madho Singh retreated to his own country.<ref name=OV/><ref name=OK/><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
Kama was the last battle fought by Madho Singh as he fell ill and died in March 1768. After the battle, the [[Maratha]]s and [[Shuja-ud-Daula]] had schemed to form an alliance with the British to destroy Bharatpur. However this did not work as the English refused to march so far away from their base.<ref name=OV/><ref name=OK/><br />
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Jawahar Singh avoided any major conflicts after this war, but sent his general Madec for punitive campaigns. He was soon killed by a trusted soldier in July 1768.<ref name=OV/><ref name=OK/><br />
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[[Category:Battles involving the Indian kingdoms|Kama]]<br />
[[Category:1768 in India]]<br />
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs|Kama]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1768|Kama]]</div>Ajay Kumar