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Battle of Chaksana

1788 battle of the Mughal–Maratha Wars

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Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ19882264 ↗
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The Battle of Chaksana was fought between the Mughal Empire and the Maratha Confederacy in 1788. The Marathas were led by the famous Maratha general Mahadaji Shinde and the Mughal forces were led by the general of the Mughal Army, Isma'il Beg. After a long and fierce battle, it ended with the Marathas eventually retreating.

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“Battle of Chaksana” enters the record as 1788 battle of the Mughal–Maratha Wars. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Battle, Chaksana and battle can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19882264. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1788.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of Chaksana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.