Battle of Maonda and Mandholi: Difference between revisions

| result            = Jaipur Victory<ref name="Rima Hooja">{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |title=A History of Rajasthan |publisher=Rupa Publication |year=2006 |location=New Delhi |pages=726, 736}}</ref><ref name="Alwar Gazetteer">{{Cite book |last=Ram |first=Maya |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteer, Alwar |year=1968 |page=61}}</ref><ref name="Jadunath Sarkar 2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |first=Jadunath |last=Sarkar |year=1994 |page=259|isbn=9788125003335 }}</ref>

The '''Battle of Maonda and Mandholi''' was fought between the rulers of [[Jaipur]] and [[Bharatpur, Rajasthan|Bharatpur]] in 1767 in [[Rajasthan]]. Maharaja [[Jawahar Singh]] of [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]] was leading an army on his way back from [[Pushkar]] when the forces of [[Madhosingh I|Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh]] of Jaipur met them near [[Maonda]] and [[Mandholi]] villages close to present day [[Neem ka Thana]]. The Bharatpur forces under [[Jawahar Singh]] were defeated and the Jaipur ruler [[Madho Singh I]] followed up his victory by invading [[Bharatpur, Rajasthan|Bharatpur]] at the head of 16,000 men where he defeated [[Jawahar Singh]] again on 29 February 1768.<ref name="Jadunath Sarkar 1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |first=Jadunath |last=Sarkar |year=1994 |pages=253–256|isbn=9788125003335 }}</ref>