INDIAN HISTORY
Mughals. In this battle, 200
Marathas were killed and
1400 Mughals soldiers were
killed. The battle was won by
Siddi Jauhar and he acquired
Panhala fort.
Battle of Pratapgad
This battle which took place
in 1960 gave a chance of
establishing Maratha empire.
Afzal Khan the the Mughal
empire destroyed the temples.
Khan failed to do what he
planned and moved to
Pratapgad. Shivaji sent Khan a
message saying that he wants
peace rather than war. After
this, both the kings decided to
meet directly with no army but
only with nine bodyguards for
each. A single bodyguard was
standing outside the tent where
Shivaji and Khan planned to
meet.
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and his army which means he
lost the battle.
Battle of Umberkhind
The battle took place in the
year 1661. The warriors were
Shivaji and Kartalab Khan.
Khan’s started the war to
cut down Shivaji’s power
in Konkan region but they
dint attack openly. Though
Mughals dint attack directly,
Shivaji was ready to fight and
attacked Khan and his troops.
He defeated the Mughal
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forces and Khan gave up the
aim of conquering Konkan
region.
Battle of Pavakhind
This was the war that Shivaji
fought with a solid and
bigger army as an opponent.
Mughals planned to get rid
of Shivaji. On other hand,
the Abyssinian general of
repute Siddi Jauhar also
joined hands with Mughals.
In addition to these two
forces, British also supported
Khan came with small dagger
in his coat and Shivaji came
with armour underneath his
coat and also took a wagh
nakha with him. Khan tired
to attack Shivaji and Shivaji
fought back. Khan was injured
with this small war and he
sustain with many injuries for
few days. Later Khan died.
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