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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Military Conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Raigarh<br />
| partof = [[Imperial Maratha Conquests]]<br />
| date = 1689<br />
| place = [[Khelna]]<br />
| territory = <br />
| result = Mughal victory. Fortress falls to Mughals. Rajaram escapes.<ref name="raigarh"/><br />
| status = <br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|25px]] [[Rajaram Chhatrapati|Rajaram]]<br />
| commander2 = Zulfiqar Khan<br />
| strength1 = Unknown<br />
| strength2 = Unknown<br />
| casualties1 = Unknown<br />
| casualties2 = Unknown<br />
| notes = Rajaram escapes, remaining members of the family taken as prisoners.<br />
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The '''Battle of Raigarh''' occurred between the [[Mughal Empire]] and [[Maratha Empire]] in 1689. Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] ordered his General Zulfiqar Khan to capture the Maratha king, [[Rajaram Chhatrapati|Rajaram]]. Mughal forces attacked [[Raigarh]] and the fortress fell, however [[Rajaram Chhatrapati|Rajaram]] escaped before that happened.<ref name="raigarh">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=837|publisher=Greenwood Press|author=Jacques, Tony|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|access-date=2015-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
The mothers, wives, daughters and sons of Sambhajiraje and Rajaramraje were taken as prisoners. The captured members were treated graciously. Aurangzeb ordered a tent to be set-up for them in Gulalbar. And they were alrighted with all respect and privacy. Annual pensions were fixed on all of them according to their position.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar Jadunath|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1426|title=Maasir I Alamgiri (1658-1707)|date=1947}}</ref><br />
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Abdul Rahim Khan was ordered to go and confiscate the property from the Fort. Itiqad Khan was rewarded by promotion to the rank of 3 hazari (2,000 troops) and gifts, and was honoured by the title 'Zulfiqar Khan Bahadur'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar Jadunath|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1426|title=Maasir I Alamgiri (1658-1707)|date=1947}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire|Khelna 1702]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1689|Raigarh 1689]]<br />
[[Category:1689 in India]]<br />
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