From the year Chhatrapati Shivaji died (1680) , a real struggle between the Marathas and the Mughals had begun. Aurangzeb arrived at Burhanpur on the MP – Maharashtra border by 1682 – bringing with him an army and ancillary forces that totalled over five lac. It was possibly the largest army in the world at that time, to assemble at one place. In right earnest , the war began . Chhatrapati Sambhaji , who succeeded Shivaji , took the challenge head on . But there were other problems too – the Siddi of Janjira and the Portuguese , both of whom wanted to see the end of swarajya.
This is a list of battles in the long war of attrition that took place in the Deccan in the decade spanning 1680 to 1689.
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJI – Maratha War of Independence -Various battles fought : Map at the end is a rough idea of area of operation
Versus the Siddi of Janjira
1. Marathas v/s Siddi of Janjira – Underi fort : 18 Aug 1680
2. Marathas v/s Siddi of Janjira – Underi fort : July 1681
4. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Siddi of Janjira : Siege of Janjira fort – Dec 1681 to Aug 1682.
5. Marathas v/s Siddi of Janjira – Jaitapur : 1687 (skirmish)
Versus the Portuguese
1. Marathas v/s Portuguese – two forts in Thane : Jan 1683
2. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Tarapur fort : April 1683
3. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Daman / Vasai region : April 1683.
4. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Chaul : June 1682
5. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Revdanda : July 1682
6. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Korlai : July 1682
7. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Anzor : Sept 1683
8. Nilopant v/s Portuguese – Chembur , Taloja ,Kolve : 1683
9. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Karanja , Elephanta : 1683/84
10. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Jivdhan : Aug 1685
11. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Kamandurg : Sept 1685
12. Yesaji Kank , Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Defence of the Fort at Phonda : Nov 1683.
13. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Portuguese – Juve Island (Goa) : Nov 1683
14. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Margao(Goa) etc : Dec 1683
15. Marathas v/s Portuguese – Bardesh (Goa) : Dec 1683
Marathas v/s Mughals :
1. Bahadur Khan Kokaltash v/s Marathas – Ahivantgad : Jun 1680
2. Shahabuddin Khan v/s Parshuram Jogi’s brother – Salher : Nov 1681
3. Muzzafar Khan v/s Marathas – Dharampur – April 1681 (skirmish)
4. Shahabuddin Khan v/s Marathas – Ramsej – April to Sept 1682
5. Shahbuddin Khan v/s Rupaji Bhosale – Ganeshgaon (Nashik) – April 1682.
6. Bahadur Khan Kokaltash v/s Marathas – Ramsej – Oct 1682 – 1684
7. Ikram Khan v/s Marathas – Nashik – Dec 1684
8. Muhammed Khalil, Govindrao v/s Tatyarao – Sinnar – Jan 1685
9. Marathas v/s Mughals – Aundha , Patta – June 1682
10. Assadullah Khan v/s Marathas – Songad : July 1682
11. Mughals v/s Marathas – Trimbakgad – 1682 / 1683
12. Ahmed Khan v/s Marathas – Kanchangad – 1683 (?)
13. Matabbar Khan v/s Telangrao , Shyamraj – Trimbakgad – 1688/89
14. Mughals v/s Marathas – Aundha , Patta – 1688
15 . Hambirrao Mohite v/s Mughals – Barhanpur : Dec 1680
16. Mukarram Khan v/s Nagoji Ballal – Darwah, Yawatmal : Apr 1682
17. Mughals v/s Marathas – Saronda : 1683
18. Shaikh Jahan v/s Marathas – Jamoda (Akola) : 1683
19. Ranmastan Khan , Daud Khan v/s Marathas – Aurangabad : 1681.
20. Mughals v/s Marathas – Jalna 1682 April
21. Marathas v/s Mughals – Antur : August 1682 .
22. Marathas v/s Muzaffar Khan – Vaijapur : Oct 1682
23. Marathas v/s Mughals – Jalna : Dec 1682.
24. Marathas v/s Mughals – Jalna : Feb 1683.
25. Muzaffar Khan v/s Marathas : Sarangpur , Ambad : 1684
26. Marathas v/s Mughals – Burhanpur : 1685 .
27. Multifat Khan v/s Marathas – Kadirabad : Jan 1685.
28. Marathas v/s Mughals – Talkonkan : Nov 1681.
29. Shahabuddin Khan v/s Marathas – Talkonkan : Nov 1682
30. Hussain Ali Khan v/s Marathas – Kalyan/ Bhiwandi : Nov 1681
31. Rustom Khan v/s Marathas – Kalyan : 1681.
32. Rustom Khan v/s Rupaji Bhosale, Nilopant – Kalyan – 1681.
33. Rustom Khan , Yakut Khan v/s Tukoji Sardar – Kalyan – 1681
34. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Rustom Khan : Kalyan , 1681
35. Hambirrao Mohite v/s Mughals : Kalyan -Bhiwandi : 1683
36. Rohilla Khan v/s Rupaji Bhosale – Titwala : 1683
37. Sayyad Abdullah v/s Marathas – Holgad (Baglan) : 1688
38. Kadir Khan v/s Naroji Trimbak etc – Kothaligad Nov 1684.
39 Muazzuddin v/s Marathas – Purandar – Dec 1682
40 Marathas v/s Mughals – Shirwal : 1685
41 Mamur Khan , Fakruddin Khan v/s Marathas – Supe : 1684
42. Hambirrao , Vithoji v/s Kulij Khan – some where near Bhima: 1682.
43. Shahabuddin Khan v/s Marathas – Lohagad : Dec 1682
44. Shahabuddin Khan v/s Marathas – Visapur : Dec 1682
45. Shahabuddin v/s Marathas – Kusurpur (Junnar) – 1683
46. Fakruddin Khan v/s Marathas – Lohgad : 1684
47. Aziz Khan v/s Marathas – Junnar : 1684
48. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Raud Andaz Khan , Fakruddin Khan – Sinhagad region : 1685
49. Mughals v/s Marathas : Rohida fort , Nov 1685,
50. Ghazi Ud Din Khan v/s Hambirrao , Rupaji Bhosale – Raigad area , Jan 1685.
51. Khan Jahan Bahadur v/s Marathas – Satara : 1681
52. Naroji Bhosale v/s Mughals – Satara 1684.
53. Amanullah Khan v/s Marathas – Chandan – Vandan : Feb 1685
54. Hambirrao Mohite v/s Sarja Khan – Wai : 1687
55 Marathas v/s Indra Singh Kachwa , Muzzafar Khan – Sangamner.
56.Marathas v/s Mughals – Ahmednagar 1682 / 1683
57. Chhatrapati Sambhaji v/s Mirza Khan – Parner 1684
58. Mankoji Ballal v/s Durga Singh – Pedgaon , 1682
59. Timaji v/s Azam Shah – Pedgaon 1684
60. Hasan Ali Khan v/s Marathas – Sangola – 1682
61. Marathas v/s Mughals – Mangalvedha : 1686
62. Marathas v/s Mughals – Sangola : 1687
63. Marathas v/s Mughals – Solapur : Dec 1680
64. Rana Jai Singh v/s Marhammat Khan – Parinda : 1685
65. Kasim Khan v/s Mankoji Ballal – Naldurg : 1683
66. Gangaram Gujrathi capture of Patna , Mongir – July 1682
67. Hambirrao Mohite v/s Azam Shah – Panhala , 1682
68. Hambirrao Mohite v/s Azam Shah – Kolhapur , 1683
69. Chhatrapati Sambhaji , Akbar v/s Mughals – Konkan 1683
Ref : Shiv Putra Sambhaji – Dr Kamal Gokhale
Cover image from wikipedia. Credit to Nipunbayas.
* This list has been compiled from above source. Any corrections , additions are more than welcome.
* I will write about Deccan sultanates and Maratha politics in south India separately.
© Aneesh Gokhale
Author of ” Sahyadris to Hindukush” – Maratha conquest of Lahore and Attock ; “Brahmaputra” – Story of Lachit Barphukan
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