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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Paranda<br />
| partof = [[Mughal–Maratha Wars]]<br />
| date = 13 or 14 November 1699<br />
| place = [[Paranda]]<br />
| result = Mughal victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Rajaram I]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Dhanaji Jadhav]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] Ramchandra<br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] Dado Malhar<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Bidar Bakht]]<br>[[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] Chin Qalich Khan<br />
| strength1 = 7,000 cavarly<br>12,000 men<br />
| strength2 = Unknown<br />
| notes = <br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Later Mughal-Maratha Wars}}<br />
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The Battle of Paranda was a military engagement between the Mughal army and Maratha troops led by Rajaram. The Mughals were victorious.<br />
==Battle==<br />
On October 26th, the Maratha Chhatrapati, [[Rajaram I]], escaped from the fort of [[Satara (city)|Satara]] in order to escape from falling into the hands of the Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]]. The Maratha generals, [[Dhanaji Jadhav]], Ramchandra, and Dado Malhar escorted Rajaram with 7,000 cavalry to [[Chandan Fort]], leaving Ranuji Ghorpare in Satara with 4,000 troopers. After a three-day halt at Chandan, Rajaram left on October 31st, where he was joined by 12,000 men and took the route to [[Surat]].<ref> Jadunath Sarkar, History Of Aurangzib, Vol V, p. 132[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513883/page/132/mode/1up]</ref><ref>The Cambridge History of India, p. 295[https://www.google.ae/books/edition/The_Cambridge_History_of_India/yoI8AAAAIAAJ?hl=ar&gbpv=1&dq=Bidar+Bakht+November+1699&pg=PA295&printsec=frontcover]</ref><br />
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Aurangzeb immediately dispatched orders to the Mughal prince Bidar Bakht to pursue and defeat this marauding force. The prince abandoned his baggage and family in [[Miraj]] in order to rapidly advance and attack the marathas. The mughal generals [[Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung]] and Chin Qalich Khan were ordered to reinforce Bidar, but neither of them arrived at the scene of the first battle.<ref>Jadunath Sarkar, p. 132-3</ref><br />
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Four miles beyond the fort of [[Paranda]], Bidar Bakht attacked the Marathas. Rajaram himself stopped 8 miles further east while he sent his generals under Dhanaji Jadhav in order to check the prince's advance. After a fierce battle, the marathas were broken and driven towards [[Ahmednagar]] on the 13th or 14th of November, and two days later, he was joined by Chin Qalich Khan and continued the pursuit until they reached [[Ausa (town)|Ausa]] about the 22nd or 23rd.<ref>Jadunath Sarkar, p. 133</ref><ref>The Cambridge History of India, p. 295</ref><br />
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On December 26th, Rajaram dismounted his camp some 30 miles from the Imperial camp below Satara, intending to go to [[Vishalgad]]. The Mughal general returned to Aurangzeb on the same date. The Maratha king raid into Berar had been repulsed; however, one Maratha division plundered some places and returned.<ref>Jadunath Sarkar, p. 133-4</ref><ref>The Cambridge History of India, p. 295</ref><br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1699]]</div>Ajay Kumar