Battle of Ujjain
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| Battle of Ujjain | |||||||||
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| Part of Holkar Scindia War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 House of Holkar |
.svg){kind=small} House of Scindia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Yashwantrao Holkar[2] |
Daulat Rao Sindhia[1] | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Ujjain took place on 18 July 1801 near Ujjain between the rival factions of the Maratha Empire.
In July 1801, Yashwantrao Holkar attacked Sindhia's capital Ujjain, and after defeating Sindhia's army led by John Hessing, extorted a large sum from its inhabitants, but did not ravage the town. In this war nearly 3,000 soldiers of Sindhia's army were killed.[citation needed]. However on 20 August Sarji Rao Ghatge arrived in the camp of Scindia, on his arrival he not only defeated Holkar but also recovered Ujjain[1]
