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When the invading army arrived, the [[Marathas]] decided to fight near Kalpi. Despite being heavily outnumbered – with only 2,700 soldiers against 30,000 the Marathas managed to defeat Naim Khan’s forces and forced them to retreat across the [[Yamuna|Jamuna River]]. | When the invading army arrived, the [[Marathas]] decided to fight near Kalpi. Despite being heavily outnumbered – with only 2,700 soldiers against 30,000 the Marathas managed to defeat Naim Khan’s forces and forced them to retreat across the [[Yamuna|Jamuna River]]. | ||
==Aftermath== | |||
Despite help from the Rana of Gohad, Naim retreated in great confusion, which angered the wazir. The wazir was so upset that he briefly considered executing Naim by blowing him from a cannon and personally leading an attack on [[Bundelkhand]] to punish Govind Pant's sons for their boldness.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> However, this plan was abandoned because it was urgent to focus on defeating Rohillakhand. Naim was forgiven, and Basant, along with his troops, was sent across the [[Yamuna|Jamuna River]] to take control of Ater and stop the [[Bundela|Bundelas]] from causing trouble in the wazir's territory after their recent victory. Basant successfully completed the mission and returned to the wazir before the Rohillakhand campaign ended.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
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