Battle of Bhopal

01Shut in

The Nizam took up a strong position at Bhopal behind the lake, trusting his guns. Bajirao’s horse swept round him, cut off his foraging parties and stopped the convoys coming from the Deccan, while other Maratha forces held back the Mughal reinforcements from the north. Within weeks the camp was short of grain and fodder, and the Nizam tried to fall back, fighting a slow retreat under constant attack.

02Doraha

At Doraha Sarai near Sironj, in January 1738, the Nizam signed terms. He promised to obtain for the Peshwa the whole of Malwa and the land between the Narmada and the Chambal, and fifty lakh rupees for expenses. The convention was overtaken a year later by Nadir Shah’s invasion, but Malwa stayed Maratha.

Person · 16 Mar 1693 – 20 May 1766Malhar Rao HolkarA Dhangar shepherd boy from the village of Hol near Jejuri, Malhar Rao rose under Peshwa Bajirao I to be one of the great Maratha commanders in Malwa and founded the Holkar state of Indore. He rode with every major Maratha campaign for forty years, from Palkhed to Attock and Panipat.Read →