Battle of Dabhoi was a major confrontation between the

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Maratha The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

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and

Baji Rao I Baji Rao I (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as Visaji, also known as Bajirao Ballal (Pronunciation: ad͡ʒiɾaːʋ bəlːaːɭ, was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his 20-year tenure as a Peshwa, he defeated Nizam-ul-M ...

and Chimnaji Appa.

Background

In the year 1731,

Asaf Jah I Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (11 August 16711 June 1748) also known as Chin Qilich qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah and Nizam I, was the 1st Nizam of Hyderabad. He was married to the daughter of a Syed nobleman of Gulbarga. He ...

the

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had managed to secure the defections of influential Maratha leaders such as

Trimbak Rao Dabhade Trimbak Rao Dabhade (? – 1 April 1731) was a senapati (general) of Maratha empire during 1729–1731. He was the son of Khande Rao Dabhade and Umabai Dabhade. The Dabhade clan had carried out several raids in the rich province of Gujarat, ...

and Sanbhoji who threatened to abandon the Marathas and join the forces with Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad instead.

Battle

This move was considered unacceptable by

and his brother Chimnaji Appa who led a large well armed brigade of

s to intercepte Trimbak Rao Dabhade and Sanbhoji during the Battle of Dabhoi, where the defecting factions were all defeated, overrun and eliminated.

Aftermath

Baji Rao I attacked

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with full force and finally drove out Sarbuland Khan by 1735.

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Dabhoi Dabhoi is a town and a municipality in the Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India. History Dabhoi was historically known as Darbhavati, Darbikagrama, Darbhavatipura, and Dabhohi. It is first mentioned in the sixth century astrono ...

Background

Battle

Aftermath

See also

References