Siege of Jinji

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The Siege of Jinji was a prolonged late-17th-century Mughal campaign in southern India in which Emperor Aurangzeb’s forces besieged and eventually captured the fortified stronghold of the Maratha leader Rajaram, marking a key episode in the Mughal–Maratha conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Gingee ⓘ
associatedWith Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaigns ⓘ
Maratha resistance under Rajaram ⓘ
belligerentStrength Maratha garrison ⓘ
large Mughal army ⓘ
cause Mughal attempt to crush Maratha power ⓘ
combatant Maratha Empire ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
commander Aurangzeb ⓘ
Rajaram I ⓘ
Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung ⓘ
conflict Mughal–Maratha Wars ⓘ
country India ⓘ
duration about eight years ⓘ
endTime 1698 ⓘ
era late 17th century ⓘ
followedBy continued Maratha resistance after loss of Gingee ⓘ
follows earlier Mughal–Maratha engagements in the Deccan ⓘ
fortificationType hill fort ⓘ
historicalPeriod Mughal era ⓘ
historicalRegion Deccan ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Plateau
involves artillery bombardment ⓘ
defensive fortifications ⓘ
location Gingee ⓘ
Gingee Fort ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
militaryTactic blockade of fort ⓘ
prolonged siege ⓘ
notableFor length of the siege ⓘ
strategic importance of Gingee Fort ⓘ
objective capture of Gingee Fort ⓘ
outcome Gingee Fort captured by Mughals ⓘ
partOf Mughal–Maratha conflict ⓘ
precededBy Mughal expansion into the Carnatic region ⓘ
result Mughal victory ⓘ
significance capture of Rajaram’s stronghold ⓘ
extended Mughal operations in the Deccan ⓘ
key episode in the Mughal–Maratha conflict ⓘ
startTime 1690 ⓘ
strongholdOf Rajaram I ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Carnatic region ⓘ

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Mughal–Maratha Wars → notableBattle → Siege of Jinji ⓘ