Jump to content

Sambhaji's invasion of Goa: Difference between revisions

No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 25: Line 25:
{{see also|Battle of Vasai}}
{{see also|Battle of Vasai}}
[[File:Fortaleza de bacaim.jpg|thumb|The Portuguese fortress of Bassein.]]
[[File:Fortaleza de bacaim.jpg|thumb|The Portuguese fortress of Bassein.]]
Between April and May 1683, the Marathas invaded Portuguese Konkan in the north and plundered Portuguese-controlled towns and villages at [[Dahanu]], [[Asheri]], Trapor, & [[Vasai (Bassein)]].<ref name=Pis82/> Sambhaji's Peshwa Nilopant Pingle devastated, plundered and occupied 40 miles of Portuguese territory including the villages of Chembur, Talode, Kolve, [[Mahim]], Dantore & Sargaon.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Mahrattas also temporarily occupied some forts around Bassein and Damaon.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nw4fAAAAIAAJ|title=History of Aurangzib: Based on Original sources|publisher=Longmans, Green and company|year=1920|isbn=|volume=IV|location=London|pages=331}}</ref>
Between April and May 1683, the Marathas invaded Portuguese Konkan in the north and plundered Portuguese-controlled towns and villages at [[Dahanu]], [[Asheri]], Trapor, & [[Vasai (Bassein)]].  Sambhaji's Peshwa Nilopant Pingle devastated, plundered and occupied 40 miles of Portuguese territory including the villages of Chembur, Talode, Kolve, [[Mahim]], Dantore & Sargaon.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Mahrattas also temporarily occupied some forts around Bassein and Damaon.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nw4fAAAAIAAJ|title=History of Aurangzib: Based on Original sources|publisher=Longmans, Green and company|year=1920|isbn=|volume=IV|location=London|pages=331}}</ref>
 
==Chaul theatre==
The Brahmin [[Peshva]] Nilopant Pingle kept the pressure on [[Revdanda fort|Chaul]]. The Marathas plundered the villages in July 1683. On 10 August 1683 they sieged Chaul with 2000 horsemen and 6000 infantry in the siege of Chaul.<ref name="lobato">Alexandre Lobato: ''Relações Luso-Maratas 1658-1737'', Centro de Estudos Históricos Ultramarinos, Lisboa, 1965, pp. 28-34.</ref> On August 18, they attempted to storm the fortress, however they were repulsed.<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/portuguese-mahratta-relations_20210214/page/82/mode/1up?view=theater Portuguese-Mahratta Relations]''. p. 82.</ref>


==List of conflicts==
==List of conflicts==
Line 309: Line 312:
==Reference==
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1683 in India]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire]]
495

edits