Siege of Ramsej
| Sieges of Ramsej | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Maratha Wars, Battles involving the Maratha Empire | |||||||||
Ramsej fort | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Maratha Kingdom | Mughal Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Suryaji Jedhe Manaji More Rupaji Bhosale |
Shahabuddin Khan Bahadur Khan Kokaltash Kasim Khan Kirmani | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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In the First attack 600 At Ganeshgaon 600 with 8,000 reinforcements under Rupaji Bhosale and Manaji More In the final attack Roughly 600 |
In the First attack 40,000 At Ganeshgaon Roughly 40,000 In the final attack 36,500 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Sieges of Ramsej (1682 – 1688) were a series of military confrontations between the Maratha Kingdom headed by Sambhaji and the Mughal Empire led by Aurangzeb regarding the control of Ramsej Fort in the Nashik region. Aurangzeb arrived in the Deccan in late 1681 with a strong army to destroy the Maratha Kingdom and the Deccan Sultanates of Bijapur and Golconda. He wanted to capture the forts held by the Marathas in the Nashik and Baglana regions. Hence he decided to begin his Deccan campaign with an attack on Ramsej Fort which is near Nashik. The Mughal forces under Kasim Khan Kirmani captured Ramsej from the Marathas. The defending Maratha forces evacuated the fort.