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| {{Short description|War between Shekhawati chiefs and Mughals}}
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| {{Infobox military conflict
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| | caption = Battle of Khatu Shyamji
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| | date = June 1779
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| | place = [[Khatushyamji]], [[Shekhawati]], [[Rajasthan]]
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| | result = ''[[Status quo ante bellum]]''.<ref name=JP>{{cite book|first=Rima|last=Hooja|title=A History of Rajasthan|publisher=Rupa and company|year=2006|pages=694|isbn=9788129115010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqd1RAAACAAJ&q=rime%20hooja%20rajasthan|quote=Battle of Khatu–Shyamji. This last occurred when Murtaza Khan Bhadech was sent into Shekhawati to collect revenue arrears.....Devi Singh of Sikar fought the intruder.
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| | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px|]] [[Jaipur State|Kingdom of Jaipur]]<br>[[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px|]] [[Shekhawat]] Chieftains
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| | combatant2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]]
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| | commander1 = Rao Raja Devi Singh ji of Sikar<br>Chood Singh ji Nathawat of Doongari{{KIA}}<br>Dalel Singh ji Khangarot of Sewa<br>Mahant Mangal Das{{KIA}}<br>Sujan Singh ji Sadani of Jhunjhunu<br>Thakur Aman Singh ji of Danta<br>Thakur Bhagat Singh ji of Khur{{KIA}}<br>Thakur Pirbadan Singh ji of Khachariawas{{WIA}}
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| | commander2 = [[Murtaza Khan Bhadech]]{{KIA}}<br>[[Mirza Najaf Khan|Najaf Khan]]<br>Subedar Abdullah Khan
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| | strength1 = Unknown number of Rajput soldiers<br>16,000 Nagas
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| | strength2 = 52,000
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| | casualties1 = Heavy
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| | casualties2 = 2,200
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| The '''Battle of Khatu Shyamji''' was fought between the [[Shekhawat]] chiefs and the [[Mughal Empire]] under Murtaza Khan Bhadech, a Mughal officer of Delhi. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.{{sfn|Singh|1939|p=224}}
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| ==Background==
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| In the month of August 1779, Murtaza Khan Bhadech attacked the Shekhawati region to extract fines from local Jagirdars. He entered [[Jaipur state]] from Taurawati pillaging two big towns of Thoi and Shree Madhopur. He then wrote to Rao Raja Devi Singh ji of Sikar asking him compensate for the expenditure for the attack (Fauz-Kharach) on Shekhawati, which Rao Raja Devi Singh ji refused at once saying that Sikar was a [[Jaipur state]] vassal and Bhadech had nothing to do with Sikar. This scared Murtaza Khan Bhadech for a while.
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| Najaf Khan too attacked Shekhawati but was defeated at Taurawati. Subedar Abdullah Khan also entered Jaipur state and just like Murtaza Khan and Najaf Khan, he also could not move ahead of Devli and was defeated there by the Shekhawati force.
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| Murtaza Khan meanwhile looted [[Reengus]] and made partial amends to the preceding failures. When Murtaza Khan proceeded further, the feudal quotas of Jaipur joined the Jaipur forces which were sent under the charge of Chood Singh ji Nathawat of Doongri and Dalel Singh ji Khangarot of Sewa. Along with the Rajput forces of Chood Singh ji and Dalel Singh ji was the Zamaat of Nagas under their very brave Mahant Mangal Das, Rao Raja Devi Singh ji of Sikar, Sujan Singh ji Sadani of Jhunjhunu, Thakur Aman Singh ji of Danta, Thakur Bhagat Singh ji of Khur and Thakur Pirbadan Singh ji of Khachariawas.{{sfn|Singh|1939|p=222}}
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| ==Battle==
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| Murtaza Khan Bhadech thinking Khatu as a central place with enough drinking water, decided to strike it first with a good park of artillery and well-disciplined Mughal troops. The battle ensued vigorously where the Rajputs fought desperately to keep their hearths and homes safe, and to preserve at all costs the sanctity of the holy and the most famous temple of Shyamji (Shree [[Krishna]] bhagwan) which was situated at Khatu.
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| The Rajputs charged the mughal guns desperately. In this charge, Chood Singh Nathawat and his two sons Surajmal and Dalel Singh lost their. Murtaza Khan Bhadech was killed along with his elephant. Mahant Mangal Das also lost his life along with his 1000 Dadupathies.{{sfn|Singh|1939|p=223}}
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| ==Aftermath==
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| Thakur Pirbadan Singh ji of Khachariawas, son of Fateh Singh and grandson of Bhagwat Singh Ladkhani of Khachariawas, was severely wounded and was safely sent to Harsoli to dress his deep wounds.
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| Good remuneration was given to the successors of the deceased in recognition and honour of the services rendered by them. Mahant Santokh Dasji succeeded Mahant Mangal Dasji, upon whom the Durbar conferred "Jangali bhalas, Chari, Nakkara, etc." as marks of great honour to the services of the deceased predecessor.{{sfn|Singh|1939|p=224}}
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| ==References==
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| ==Sources==
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| *{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Rao Bahadur Thakur Narendra |title=Thirty Decisive Battles Of Jaipur |date=1939 |publisher=J.E.P. Works |location=Jaipur |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.66970/2015.66970.Thirty-Decisive-Battles-Of-Jaipur_djvu.txt}}{{PD-notice}}
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| {{coord missing|Rajasthan}}
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| [[Category:Battles involving the Indian kingdoms|Khatu Shyamji]]
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| [[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
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| [[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs|Khatu Shyamji]]
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| [[Category:Conflicts in 1779|Khatu Shyamji]]
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