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{{Short description|1804 battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War}}
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Battle of Mukundara Pass
| partof = the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]
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| date = 8–10 July 1804 (2 days)
| place = [[Kotah]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
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| result = Maratha victory
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| combatant2 = {{Tree list}}{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British Empire]]
**{{flagicon|East India Company}} [[East India Company]]{{Tree list end}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Kotah.svg|border=}} [[Kota State]]
| combatant1 = {{Tree list}}{{flag|Maratha Empire}}
**[[File:Indore Flag.svg|22px]] [[Indore State]]{{Tree list end}}
| commander1 = [[File:Indore Flag.svg|22px]] [[Yashwantrao Holkar|Jaswantrao Holkar]] [[File:Indore Flag.svg|22px]] [[Wahid Ali Khan]] [[File:Indore Flag.svg|22px]] [[Bakshi Bhawani Shankar|Bakshi Shankar]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon|East India Company}} [[William Monson (British Army officer)|William Monson]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Kotah.svg|border=}} [[Amar Sing]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Kotah.svg|border=}} [[Afsal Khan]]{{KIA}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Kotah.svg|border=}} [[Akbayram Pachali]]{{POW}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Kotah.svg|border=}} [[Fais Talib Khan|Fais Khan]]{{POW}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = 4,000
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = 400 to 500 men killed or captured
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{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Maratha War}}

The '''Battle of Mukandwara Pass''', also known as the '''Battle of Mokandra Pass''' or '''Monson's Retreat''', was fought from 8 to 10 July 1804 between forces of the [[Indore]] Maharaja [[Yashwantrao Holkar]], a member of the [[Maratha Confederacy]] and [[British East India Company]] forces under Colonel [[William Monson (British Army officer)|William Monson]] supported by [[Kota State|Kotah kingdom]] during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]. It was fought just to the south of the Mukandwara Pass, about {{convert|50|km|mi}}. Monson, having overextended his supply line, was retreating toward Kotah when Holkar's forces decimated his rear guard on 10 July. Monson reached Kotah on 12 July, but was forced to abandon his guns in the mud at the [[Chambal River]] on the 15th. Holkar continued to harass Monson's force, which reached [[Kushalgarh]] on 25 Aug. Monson's men were then in a panic as they barely made it to [[Bayana]].<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=90–91}}</ref>

"Monson's loss had been heavy. 12 British officers had been killed, 2 were drowned and 2 were missing. 5 other officers were wounded. Half of the 5 battalions had been lost. Monson's retreat shook British military reputation and prestige to the core."<ref name=Naravane/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [[Charles Macfarlane|MacFarlane, Charles]]. [https://archive.org/details/ahistorybritish00macfgoog/page/n320  ''A History of British India: From the Earliest English Intercourse to the Present Time'']
* Dorman, Mark Robert Phipps. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DRELAAAAYAAJ/page/n329  ''A History of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Century'', Volume 1]
* Mehta, J. L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&dq=holkar+mukandwara+1804&pg=PA646 ''Advanced Studies in the history of modern India, 1707–1813'']

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1804]]
[[Category:1804 in India]]
[[Category:Battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War]]
[[Category:Battles involving the British East India Company]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:July 1804]]

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