Battle of Sinhagad
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Tanaji Malusare † Suryaji Malusare Shelar Mama | Uday Bhan † | ||||||||
The Battle of Sinhagad took place during the night on 4 February, 1670 on the fort of Sinhagad near the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India.
The battle was fought between Tanaji Malusare, a commander of Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj [1] and Udaybhan Rathod, fortkeeper under Jai Singh I who was a Mughal Army Chief.
A steep cliff leading to the fort was scaled at night with the help of a tamed monitor lizard named "Yashwanti", to whom the Marathas attached a rope and sent to scale the wall with its claws.[2] Thereafter, a battle ensued between Tanaji and his men versus the Mughal army headed by Udaybhan Singh Rathod, a Rajput sardar who had control of the fort. Tanaji Malusare lost his life, but his brother Suryaji took over and captured the Kondana fort, now known as Sinhagad.[3]
A bust of Tanaji Malusare was established on the fort in the memory of his contribution to the battle.[4]
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References
- ↑ Gordon, Stewart (1993). The Marathas 1600-1818. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
- ↑ The Dawn and Dawn Society's Magazine. 1907. pp. 1–.
- ↑ Sudheer Birodkar. "Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the National Revival under the Marathas". hindubooks.org.
- ↑ Verma, Amrit. Forts of India. New Delhi: The Director, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. pp. 83–86. ISBN 81-230-1002-8.
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