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The Battle of Malpura was a battle in 1800 between the alliance of Jaipur (ruled by the Kacchwahas) and Jodhpur (ruled by the Rathores) and Gwalior (ruled by the Scindia Marathas). It was the result of a crisis between the governments of the two sides. In the year 1800, a crisis developed between the relationship of Jaipur and Gwalior Scindia`s Government. The main reasons behind it were: * Burden of more money on Rajput kings annoyed them. * Rajputs sensed opportunity in the civil war between Scindhia and Holkar in Poona. * There was same internal conflict in (rao sindia )'s administration. The feud between the widow of the great Mahadaji and disruption by his old servant and such condition ensured that Scindia remained in the limit of north India. Sawai Pratap Singh made an attempt to profit from these internal dissensions of his Scindhia rivals prior to the Battle of Malpura. In March 1800, he openly rejected the money clauses of the treaty of 1791 (signed after the Battle of Patan and started to prepare for war paving the way for the Battle of Malpura. ==Background== Lakhwas Dada's second term of viceroyalty which began in November 1799, gave some months of peace and order to Scindhia's north Indian dominions. Mahadji's widows had been pacified by mutual friends and were now living at peace in Tuljapur. Jaswant Rao Holkar's mischievous activity had been arrested for a time by his loss of supporters. With the appointment of Baloba Tatya as the Diwan of Scindhia, Lakhwa Dada's position was tsrengthened and he ruled over Hindustan with vigour, putting down disturbances and restoring peace by settling private quarrels.〔Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803, Jadunath Sarkar, p 131〕 During the first four months of 1800, Lakhwa carried on a most successful campaign in Rajputana. With the help of Pohlmann's brigade of De Boigne's army, he besieged and reduced the strong fortress of Jahazpur belonging to the baron of Shahpura in Mewar; his loss was two European officers and five hundred sepoys killed and wounded. The Maharana paid him five lakhs out of the contribution due. Lakhwa then entered Jaipur territory to extort the arrears of tribute. Raja Pratap Singh of Jaipur had taken advantage of the widow's war and the departure of De Boigne to stop the payment of his dues and to make preparations for expelling the Marathas. He persistently demanded the return of Tonk-Rampura, which had been ceded long ago to the Holkar family. About 13 March, Lakhwa took this fort from its Sikh collector Kripal Singh and handed it over to Chevalier Dudrenec, the agent of Kahi Rao Holkar. At this stage, Daulat Rao Scindhia fearing that the death of Nana Phadnis (at Poona on 12 March 1800) would involve him in serious disputes with the Peshwa's new ministers, wrote to his officers in north India to refrain from all aggression against his tributaries there. But they did not mind his letters; Ambaji renewed hostilities against the Raja of Datia and Lakhwa struck a decisive blow at the Jaipur army.〔Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803, Jadunath Sarkar, p 135〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Malpura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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