Who Defeated Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Maratha Emperor?

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj founded the Maratha Empire in the western India. He is regarded as a great warrior of all times, his skills on the field and strength let him increase his empire with every battle he fought. He majorly won all the battles, however there was this one time when he lost. In March 1657, Shivaji Maharaj launched a raid in the Mughal empire, around Ahmednagar. Aurangzeb got ferocious and raided in return. He sent Nasisri Khan who was able to defeat Shivaji Maharaj’s forces. Let us know more about who defeated Shivaji Maharaj.

Name	Year	Between	Who won
Battle of Raigarh	1646	Chhatrapati Shivaji (Maratha Empire) and General Mulla Ali (Adilshahi Sultanate)	Shivaji Maharaj
Battle of Tora	1647	Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Adilshahi army	Shivaji Maharaj
Battle of Thanjur	1656	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Nayak Raja (Madurai)	Shivaji Maharaj
Battle of Kalyan	1657	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Mughal Army	Chhatrapati Shivaji won.  However, Aurangzeb responded to the raids by sending Nasiri Khan, who defeated the forces of Shivaji at Ahmednagar.
Battle of Pratapgarh	1659	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan	Shivaji Maharaj
Battle of Pawankhand	1660	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Baji Prabhu Deshpande and General Siddi Masood of the Adilshahi army	Shivaji Maharaj
Battle of Solapur	1664	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Adilshahi army	Shivaji Maharaj
Treaty of Purandar	1665	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Amer Maharaja Jai Singh I
Battle of Umargarh	1666	Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Mughal army.	Shivaji Maharaj
War with the Shinde dynasty	1670-71	Chhatrapati Shivaji and Shinde dynasty	Shivaji Maharaj
Conquest of Berar and Khandesh	1673-74	Chhatrapati Shivaji and emperor of Berar and Khandesh	Shivaji Maharaj

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Treaty of Purandar

In the year 1665, the tension between the Mughals and Shivaji continued. The forces of Jai Singh, hired by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, tried to press Shivaji and vice versa. Jai Singh used his wisdom to win over the Maratha emperor. He asked the latter’s nobles to come to his side in return for the slight parts of the Bijapur Sultanate. Later, he besieged Puranadar fort, which is when Shivaji, the Maratha emperor, had to release 23 of his 36 forts to Jai Singh, under the treaty of Purandar. It was the only defeat of Shivaji Maharaj. 

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