siege, early modern

Siege of Ratanpur

Name: Siege of Ratanpur
Location: Ratanpur, India

Siege of Ratanpur was a siege conducted in 1740 at Ratanpur, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ratanpur. The recorded result: Maratha victory; Ratanpur fort captured by Marathas; Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom and other petty chieftains come under suzerainty of Nagpur. Recorded strength: 40,000 men; chiefly Cavalry against unknown.

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Fought1740

WhereRatanpur, India22.300N, 82.170E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeMaratha victory; Ratanpur fort captured by Marathas; Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom and other petty chieftains come under suzerainty of Nagpur

Belligerents23px Maratha Empire; 15px Kingdom of NagpuragainstHaihaiyavanshi Kingdom

Record

Date	1740 (year precision)
Place	Ratanpur, India 22.300N, 82.170E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom and other petty chieftains such as Kanker State, Koriya State, come under suzerainty of Nagpur
Strength	40,000 men; chiefly Cavalry	unknown
Commanders	Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar

Placed at Ratanpur; 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 Buxar 1764, 407 km NE
Siege of Arrah 1857, 442 km NE
Battle of Khajwa 1659, 449 km N
Battle of Aong 1857, 458 km N
Battle of Ghaghra 1529, 472 km NE

Elsewhere in 1740

Capture of Samarkand by Nader Shah Afshar Uzbekistan
Nader's Sindh Expedition Afghanistan
Siege of St. Augustine United States
Action of 8 April 1740 United Kingdom
Siege of Fort Mose United States

Siege of Ratanpur 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 Q111942340, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Ratanpur, revision 1370744699, 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.