Battle of Uruli
| Battle of Uruli | |||||||
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| Part of Battles involving the Maratha Empire | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Maratha Confederacy |
 Nizam of Hyderabad | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Madhavrao Raghunathrao Malhar Rao Holkar Janoji Bhonsle Gopalrao Patwardhan |
Nizam Ali  Mir Mughal Ramchandra Jadhav | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 70,000[9] | 60,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
800 dead[9] 1,000 wounded[9] | ||||||
The Marathas, under the leadership of Peshwa Madhavrao and his uncle Raghunathrao, launched a campaign against the Nizam's forces and eventually defeated them in the Battle of Uruli. This victory helped the Marathas regain their control over the Deccan region and weakened the power and influence of the Nizam.[1][7]
Battle
The battle began with a fierce exchange of artillery fire. The Marathas used their superior cavalry and light infantry to launch a surprise attack on the Nizam's forces. The Nizam's cavalry was caught off guard and was quickly routed. The Marathas used this opportunity to launch a full-scale assault on the Nizam's army.[1] Peshwa Madhavrao himself led his continget on the right flank along with Janoji Bhonsle and Malhar Rao Holkar Similarly Raghunath Rao charged onto enemies left flank until the Nizam was encircled, The situation became worst for Nizam when his brother Mir Mughal and a Maratha subordinate which was secretely ranked in the Nizam's army deserted him and joined Maratha forces, thus seeing himself as trapped thus Nizam begged to Marathas for retreating with his army by surrendering to Marathas in the Treaty of Aurangabad.[1]
Aftermath
The Battle of Uruli was indeed important in the Maratha-Nizam conflict, but the ultimate surrender and loss of territories by the Nizam agreed to pay a large indemnity of 82 lakhs to the Marathas and ceded territories to them.[10][7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sardesai, Govind Sakharam (1946). New History Of The Marathas Vol.2. Search this book on
- ↑ Chopra, Pran Nath; Ravindran, T. K.; Subrahmanian, N. (1979). Modern period. S. Chand. Search this book on
- ↑ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Vaish, Devi Charan Lal (1972). The Rise of British Power and the Fall of Marathas. Upper India Publishing House. Search this book on
- ↑ Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1950). Modern India. S. Viswanathan. Search this book on
- ↑ Maharashtra State Gazetteers. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1977. Search this book on
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kulkarni, Shripad Dattatraya (1992). The Struggle for Hindu Supremacy. Shri Bhagavan Vedavyasa Itihasa Samshodhana Mandira (Bhishma). ISBN 978-81-900113-5-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1950). Modern India. S. Viswanathan. Search this book on
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Banerjee, Anil Chandra (1968). Peshwa Madhav Rao I. A. Mukherjee. Search this book on
- ↑ New Cambridge History of India. The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4). Search this book on
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