Battle of Merta | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mahadji Scindhia General de Boigne Gopal Bhau Bhausaheb Malharraje Korde Patil Kashi Rao Holkar Ali Bahadur Ambaji Ingle Maloji Pingle † Sukhji Shinde † |
Maharaja Vijay Singh Bhimraj Bhakshi Gangaram Bhandari Maheshdas Rathore † Shiv Singh Rathore † Surajmal Rathore † Raghunath Purohit † |
The Battle of Merta was fought on 10 September 1790 between the Maratha Confederacy and the Rajputs of Jodhpur which resulted in a decisive Maratha victory. The general of the Jodhpur army, Bhimraj Bakshi fled the battlefield with his horsemen before the battle started but the local Rathore chieftains refused to retreat without a fight.