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-== Battle ==
-According to contemporary source Peshwa Daftar,the two armies engaged each-other around the town of Bagru on 20 August 1748. The fighting lasted for 6 days; for much of the battle, a rainstorm blanketed the area.<ref name="Gupta 2008" /> The first day resulted in heavy losses for both armies before the rain halted the fighting. On the second day, Suraj personally led his forces in a fierce counterattack that routed the Maratha contingent of Modho's army;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalguesthousebharatpur.com/royalfarm/about-bharatpur/|title=About Bharatpur|website=Royal Farm House|access-date=2018-11-02}}</ref> however, the Marathas were able to spike many Jaipur cannons before they were forced back.<ref name="Gupta 2008" /> While the two armies fought at Bagru, 5000 men from Malhar's army captured a Jaipur supply convoy and blocked the road between Bagru and Jaipur city. With their supplies and line of retreat cut off, Ishwari and Suraj retreated into Bagru's fort, ending the maratha cut the noses and hands of 6000 people.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Gupta 2008" />
-Having lost the battle, Ishwari chose to sue for peace. Rather than negotiate with the enemy army as a whole, he offered terms to each individual commander. He bribed an ally of the Holkars to arrange for the Holkar forces to withdraw, and agreed to give his brother control over five [[pargana]]s.<ref name="Gupta 2008" /> He bribed the Maratha soldiers (and allowed them to keep the wealth they had looted), and agreed to surrender the town of [[Bundi]] to Ummed Singh.<ref name="Gupta 2008">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DLQeSBLpUwsC|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DLQeSBLpUwsC/page/n196 189]|quote=Battle of Raona.|title=Dalit Literature: Our Response|last1=Gupta|first1=R. K.|last2=Bakshi|first2=S. R.|date=2008|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176258418|language=en}}</ref> In return for his concessions, Ishwari was allowed to return to Jaipur city and continue his rule.<ref name="Gupta 2008" />
 == Aftermath ==
 While Suraj Mal's actions during the battle at Bagru won him praise for his martial skill, the defeat humiliated Ishwari.<ref name="Gupta 2008" /> The Jaipur raj descended into a state of paranoia, resulting in him arresting and executing a number of his officials. He attempted to regain his lost prestige by helping the nearby [[Kingdom of Marwar]] against the invading [[Mughal army]], he won a minor victory at the [[Battle of Raona]] against the Mughal general Salabat Khan, but was soon bogged down in a stalemate and forced to withdraw. He also failed to pay Holkar his dues from his defeat at Bagru.<ref name="Gupta 2008" /> When he failed to repay these debts, Holkar invaded Jaipur with a large army. Ishwari Singh locked himself in his room for many days and refused to come out. The ministers of Jaipur urged Ishwari Singh to give them orders, but faced with his enemies approaching his capital, Ishwari committed suicide on 12 December 1750, resulting in Madho Singh becoming the Maharajah of Jaipur.<ref name="Gupta 2008" />