siege, early modern

Batte of Delhi

Name: Batte of Delhi
Location: India

Batte of Delhi was a siege conducted in 1757 in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Maratha victory.

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Fought1757

WhereIndia28.656N, 77.240E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeMaratha victory

BelligerentsMaratha ConfederacyagainstKingdom of Rohilkhand

Record

Date	1757 (year precision) to 1757
Place	India 28.656N, 77.240E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Raghunathrao Malharrao Holkar Dattaji Rao Scindia	Najib ad-Dawlah

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kili 1299, 0.9 km W
Siege of Delhi 1857, 2.6 km NW
Siege of Delhi 1804, 2.6 km NW
Battle of Delhi 1803, 6.0 km S
Battle of Badli-ki-Serai 1857, 10.0 km NW

Elsewhere in 1757

Battle of Rossbach Germany
Battle of Kolín Czech Republic
Battle of Leuthen Poland
Battle of Prague Czech Republic
Siege of Fort William Henry United States

Batte of Delhi is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q17016230, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Delhi (1757), revision 1373933360, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.