Draft:Siege of Purandhar
| Siege of Purandar ( पुरंदर ) | |||||||
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| Part of The Mughal-Maratha War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mughal Empire |
 Maratha | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Aurangzeb Jai Singh I Dilir Khan Prince Muazzam Jahan Khan Bahadur |
Shivaji Murarbaji † | ||||||
The Siege of purandar occurred in the summer of 1665 and was initiated by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, after the Maratha leader, Shivaji, sacked the Mughal imperial port city of Surat. Shivaji continued to raid Aurangabad and attacked Mughal ships in the Indian Ocean. In response, Aurangzeb sent one of his most experienced commander Mirza Raja Jai Singh.