Battle of Amer
From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki
| Battle of Amer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mughal EmpireSupported by: File:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Empire File:Flag of Awadh.svg Oudh State File:Rampur flag.svg Rohillas |
 Maratha EmpireSupported by: .svg){kind=small} East India Portugal EmpireFile:Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg Dutch Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
35px Shah Alam II Mughal Officers: 35pxMirza Jawan Bakht 35px Aamir Khan Baghal 35px Mirza Ahmed Babur 35px Kamad Ud Mulk Afghan Officers: 35px Ahmad Shah Durrani 35px Timur Shah Durrani 35px Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro 35px Wazir Wali Khan 35px Wazirullah Khan Awadh Officers: 35px Shuja-ud-Daula 35px Asaf-ud-Daulah 35px Saadat Ali Khan II 35px Muhammad Azaf Daula Rohilla Officers 35px Najib-ud-Daula 35px Sultan Mahmud Daula 35px Amir Muhammad Ali 35px Muhammad Ali Sher |
35px Rajaram II (POW) 35px Balaji Bajirao † Maratha Officers: 35px Malharrao Holkar (POW) 35px Mahadji Shinde 35px Damaji Gaikwad (WIA) British Officers: 35px Warren Hastings the Great 35px Hector Munro of Novar 35px Major Sir Eyre Coote 35px Robert Clive 35px Sir John Portugal Officers: 35px Charles III 35px Sir Holme Derrou † 35px Sir Joseph Parrou † 35px Sir Faro Holmes † Dutch Officers 35px Eustachius De Lannoy (POW) 35px Sir Patrick Verma † 35px Sir John Cena † 35px Sir Dicker Cena † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
|
25px 60,000 Mughal Cavalry of which 42,000 was regular Cavalry. 25px 40,000 Durrani Army of which 30,000 was regular Infantry. 25px 30,000 Spearman of which 20,000 was regular Spearman. 25px 15,000 Cavalry of which 8,000 was regular Cavalry 25px 40 Mughal Cannon. 25px 25 Durrani Zamburak |
25px 100,000 Maratha Infantry of which 88,000 was regular Infantry. 25px 80,000 European Men of which 66,000 was regular Men. 25px 65,000 Portugal Gun Infantry of which 55,000 was regular Infantry. 25px 32,000 Dutch Cavalry of which 20,000 was regular Cavalry. 25px 20,000 War Elephant 25px 300 Maratha Cannon | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
|
25px 25,000 Mughal Army killed in the battle. 25px 20,000 Durrani Army Lost During the battle. 25px 5,000 Oudh Army Killed in the battle. 25px 2,000 Rohillas Killed when the battle ended. |
25px 50,000 Maratha Army killed in the battle. 25px 35,000 British Army Lost During the battle. 25px 15,000 Portugal Army killed in the battle. 25px 8,000 Dutch Army killed when the battle ended. | ||||||||
The Battle of Amer took place on 22 June 1761 at Amer, about 14 km east of Jaipur, between the Maratha Empire and the invading Mughal army of Shah Alam II.
References
  | This Indian history-related article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
 | This article about a battle is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
This article "Battle of Amer" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Battle of Amer. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
