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The Battle of Gangwana was a military engagement fought between the Kingdom of Marwar and a combined army of the Jaipur Kingdom and the Mughal Empire in 1741.[1] The battle resulted in a peace treaty favorable to Marwar and ended a period of Jaipur domination in what is now present day Rajasthan.[1]

Battle of Gangwana
Part of the decline of the Mughal Empire
Date11 June 1741
Location
Gangwana near Kishangarh
Result Jaipur victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jaipur
Reinforced By
Mughal Empire
Kingdom of Bharatpur
Kingdom of Bundi
Kingdom of Kota
Kingdom of Karauli
Kingdom of Shahpura
Rathores of Bakht Singh
Commanders and leaders
Jai Singh Kachwaha
Suraj Mal
Gopal Singh Jadon
Ummaid Singh Sisodia 
Durjansal singh Hada
Dalel Singh Hada
Bhairo Singh Chauhan 
3 Mughal generals
Bakht Singh Rathore (WIA)
Strength
40,000-100,000 men
hundreds of cannons and rocket artillery[2][3]
1,000 horsemen[2][3]
Casualties and losses
24,000 killed and wounded (likely exaggeration)[3][2] 930 killed
70 wounded[3][2]
  1. ^ a b Rajasthan Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. 1 January 2008. p. 154. ISBN 9788176258418. Battle of Gangwana 1741.
  2. ^ a b c d Sarkar, Jadunath (1984). A History of Jaipur: c. 1503-1938. Orient Blackswan. p. 200. ISBN 978-81-250-0333-5.
  3. ^ a b c d Fall Of The Mughal Empire - Vol. I (4th ed.), volume 1, pp. 175-176.

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