Thread by @Magloo_chandan

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 🧵:— Significant 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 against Mughal Empire and Bijapur Sultanate during Shivaji's lifetime.

"I shall serve the Emperor as one of his devoted ... servants." ~ 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙟𝙞.

𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕.

1) Battle near Ahmednagar (May, 1657) — Nasiri Khan defeats Shivaji in personal command; slaughtering or wounding most of his army.

2) Afzal Khan's march from Bijapur to Wai (1659) — Afzal Khan of Bijapur defeats Marathas with unbroken success slaughtering them in great numbers.

3) Siege of Panhala & Pavangarh fort (1660) — Bijapuris defeat Maratha garrisons present & take the forts successfully.

4) Capture of Poona & North Konkan (April-May, 1660) — Mughals forces under Shaista Khan occupied the places after defeating Marathas.

5) Conquest of Chakan fort (15th August, 1660) — Shaista Khan captures Chakan fort & puts to sword the Maratha garrison present inside.

6) Capture of Purandhar valley (30th March, 1665) — Dilir Khan defeats a large body of Maratha soldiers & gunners & captures Purandhar valley.

7) Battle of Kudal and Battle near Bijapur (1660) — Shivaji defeated by Desai of Savant-vadi (Bijapur's vassal) and a Maratha army defeated by Gocolnda-Bijapur forces near Bijapur.

8) Battle at Vingurla (1663) — Shaista Khan defeats a Maratha army killing 200 men.

9) Defeat of Netaji Palkar (March, 1663) — Netaji Palkar, a formidable general of Shivaji was forced to retreat with a loss. This defeat foiled Shivaji's entire plan of raids.

10) Defeat of Shivaji (1664) — Bijapuris under Khawas Khan defeated Shivaji & slew 6000 Marathas.

11) Capture of Vajragarh fort (14th April, 1665) — Dilir Khan captures Vajragarh fort forcing Marathas to surrender.

12) Skirmish at Lohgarh (5th May, 1665) — A mughal party routs a force of 1000 foot & 500 horse with severe losses.

13) Siege of Purandhar (1665) — Shivaji surrenders 23 forts & is caught in person by Jai Singh. He submits as a vassal & slave to Emperor Aurangzeb.

14) Siege of Panhala (1666) — a defensive victory for Bijapuris as Shivaji fails to take the fort & sustains heavy casualities.

15) 1st siege of Ponda (1666) — Shivaji fails to take to Ponda fort and retreats with a loss of 700 Maratha soldiers.

16) 2nd siege of Ponda (1666-1667) — Shivaji's forces besieging the fort are routed and Marathas fail again to take the fort.

17) Siege of Parnir, Junar, Mahuli (April, 1670) — defensive victory for Mughals as Marathas raise siege seeing small Mughal vanguard.

19) Battle of Vani (October, 1670) — Mughals repulsed Marathas despite Maratha forces being 5 times greater than Mughal.

20) Siege of Dhodap fort (Dec, 1770) — Mughal defensive victory as Muhammad Zaman repelled the attacks unaided.

21) Battle at Hathgarh (Dec, 1770) — Daud Khan defeats Marathas & slays 700 of them.

22) Conquest of Chandor fort (Jan, 1671) — Daud Khan conquers the Chandor fort.

23) Defeats in Berar (Nov-Dec, 1772) — Marathas are defeated thrice in the period sustaining massive losses of life & wealth as they had to leave off all their booty.

24) Battle near Bahadurgarh (Jan, 1673) — Mughals led by Bahadur Khan defeat Marathas in a severe battle.

25) Battles of Bankapur and Chandgarh (1633) — Shivaji was defeated twice and expelled out of Kanara.

26) 1st siege of Shivner fort (1673) — Abdul Aziz Khan, a brahmin convert, defeats Marathas & scores a defensive victory as Marathas fail to conquer the fort.

26) Kanara raids (June, 1673) — Marathas are constantly defeated & expelled from Kanara by Bijapuris under Bahlol Khan.

27) Battle of Nesari (1674) — Bahlol Khan defeats and kills Pratap Rao, one of the most formidable Maratha general of Shivaji.

28) Bahlol Khan's revenge (1674) — Marathas overtook & plundered Bahlol Khan's outnumbered Bijapur army (5000 men only). Bahlol Khan revenged it soon.

29) Affairs at Sunda (1675) — Marathas are defeated and expelled out of Supwa and Whurwa. 300 Marathas are killed.

30) Reconquest of Danda-Rajpuri fort (1671) — Siddis reconquer the fort of Danda-Rajpuri which had earlier been captured by Shivaji from them.

31) Mughal Naval expedition (1672-1675) — Shivaji's sea port towns are burnt and destroyed along 500 Maratha ships.

32) Siege of Danda-Rajpuri (1673) — Shivaji tries to recapture Danda-Rajpuri fort but he lost lives of 15,000 marathas. What a humourous & humiliating defeat.

33) Siege of Janjira (1676) — heavily outnumbered Siddis repulsed Shivaji's forces; Shivaji fails to take the fort.

34) 2nd siege of Shivner fort (1678) — Shivaji again fails to take Shivner fort guarded by Pandit Abdul Aziz Khan.

35) Siege of Bhupalgarh (April, 1679) — Dili Khan captures Bhupalgarh fort; one hand of 700 maratha soldiers were cut; rest Marathas were sold into slavery.

36) Efforts of Raise the siege of Bhupalgarh (1679) — Dilir Khan defeated a Maratha army of 16,000 comming to relieve the fort of Bhupalgarh.

37) Invasion of siddi state (1659) — Shivaji sent Samraje Pant to invade siddi lands but Fateh Khan defeated Peshwa with great slaughter.

38) Defeat against Dilir Khan (1679) — Shivaji was utter routed by Dilir Khan. Out of 9,000 marathas, only 500 returned. 2000 Maratha horses were also captured.

39) Battle of Surat (1679) — Peshwa was defeated by Ranmast Khan. 2000 Marathas were slain; 400 horses captured.

40) Battle of Sangamner (1679) — Sidhoji Nimbalkar is defeated and slain along with most of his forces.

41) Battle of Jalna (1679) — Shivaji routed by Ranmast Khan, 4000 maratha cavalry is slain, most of the plundered booty is recovered.

On 5th April, 1680 — Shivaji finally went to hell. He died defeated as his last campaign resulted in shameful defeats.

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References used :
- History of Mahrattas Vol 1 by Grant Duff.
- Shivaji and his times by J. Sarkar.

In the below quoted tweet; I forgot to post the source of the defeat stated as

“37) Invasion of siddi state (1659) — Shivaji sent Samraje Pant to invade siddi lands but.....”

Here it is 👇from — History of Mahrattas Vol 1 by Grant Duff.