No.117 - 21 October 1755 Antaji Mankeshwar defeats Anirudhsingh of Jaipur. Anirudhsingh marched from Ramgadh on Ch. 9 Moharram and camped at Datia. He had a force of about 25 to 30 thousand. Our army was near him. We were at a distance of about 15 kos. Splitting his

No.104 - 3 February 1751 Newsletter to Peshwa, describing a battle and the death of Muzzafarjung. Nawab Hidayet Mohiddinkhan started marching from Arcot. When he got to the mountain passes, the Pathans Himmat Bahadur, and Karnal's Abdul Navinkhan and Abdul Majid Khan from Savnur Bankapur, and his son, together

No.24 - 27 January 1750 Naro Samraj reports a battle between Ishwari Singh and Madho Singh. Khanderao Holkar was an ally of Madho Singh. The Ranaji's army and Shree ji's army fought a battle from 29 Mahe Sunday at 2 prahars till Monday evening. The Shreeji's army was victorious.

The Bhonsles of Nagpur were sardars in service of the Maratha empire since its earliest days. They would go on to found a semi independent state at Nagpur, and expanding to Orissa, and collecting tribute from Bengal till the British conquest in 1757. No.86 4 February 1757 Janoji Bhonsle

The Vasai campaign was begun to seize Portuguese territories on the western coast of India. They were firmly entrenched in Goa, Bombay, Daman, Diu and several other forts for almost 200 years. Their forts were massive, built as star forts, and also had the advantage of naval support from their

Starting in 1730s, Bajirao pushed far north, collecting tribute and establishing ties with the states of Rajputana, and building influence in Bundelkhand. No.2 - 16th March 1732 Kusaji Ganesh, deputed to the north to send intelligence, reports a fight with Raje Sawai Jaisingh, and an offer by the sardar

Malwa was one of the strategic provinces of the Mughal empire. On its south, was the Narmada river, separating the Deccan from Hindustan. To its west was Gujarat. To its north were the core provinces of Delhi, Ajmer, Allahabad, Awadh, and to its east was Bundelkhand. Starting in 1703-04, and

This volume covers a few encounters between Bajirao and the Nizam-ul-mulk. No. 1 - 1724? (The date is uncertain) The terms of a treaty proposed by the Marathas with the Mughals - in exchange for helping defeat the Nizam-ul-mulk, who had made himself an almost independent ruler in the Deccan

Starting in 1733, was a campaign against the African origin Siddis. Brought as slave soldiers by the Deccan sultanates centueries earlier, they had carved out a small principality for themselves on the western coast. They held very strong forts on the coast and islands, and engaged in piracy and plundering.

This is a set of letters grouped together in Volume 2, the Panipat campaign, that lasted from 1759-1761. This should be read together with Volume 21 and Volume 27, which cover northern expeditions during Balaji Bajirao's time, and includes the 2 prior campaigns of 1753-54 and 1757-58 as well as