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Battle of Tonk
| Battle of Tonk | |||||||||
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| Part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha rebels under Tatya Tope | |||||||||
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Tatya Tope Rao sahib Ali Bahadur II |
 Wazir Khan  | ||||||||
Battle of Tonk[3] also known as Siege of Tonk[4] was fought after second battle of Cawnpore , Tatya Tope retreated at Alipur they entered Tonk as refugees and the attacked the fortress of Tonk and made Raja sue for peace.[1][5][6][2]
Battle[edit]
Following his setback at Jore Alipur, Tatya Tope, accompanied by Rao Saheb and the Nawab of Banda, retreated toward Bharatpur. However, a British detachment from Agra under Brigadier Showers advanced to secure Bharatpur, prompting Tatya to redirect his march toward Jaipur. His plans were thwarted again when Major General Roberts reached Jaipur ahead of him with a sizeable British force. Tatya then turned southward and launched an attack on Tonk. There, he met with success: the Nawab of Tonk, gripped by fear, took refuge inside his fort, abandoning his forces outside. These troops, along with three brass cannons, defected en masse and joined Tatya. As a result, on 9 July 1858, Tatya Tope assumed full control over Tonk.[1][2]
Reference[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 R. Gupta. Military Traits Of Tatya Tope. pp. 69–70.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Devsare, Hari Krishna (2011). Tatya Tope : immortal fighter of 1857. Public Resource. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. pp. 49–51. ISBN 978-81-230-1695-5.
- ↑ Pradesh (India), Madhya (1982). Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur. Government Central Press. p. 60.
- ↑ Rizvi, Saiyid Athar Abbas (1957). Freedom Struggle in Uttar Pradesh: Bundelkhand and adjoining territories. 1857-59. Publications Bureau, Information Department, Uttar Pradesh. p. 231.
- ↑ Sinha, Shyam Narain (1982). The Revolt of 1857 in Bundelkhand. Anuj Publications. p. 103.
- ↑ Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar (2014). The Indian war of independence 1857. Public Resource. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. p. 467. ISBN 978-81-206-2060-5.