Battle of Malpura The Battle of Malpura was a battle in 1800 between two Indian states , Jaipur ( ruled by the Kacchwaha Rajput s ) and Gwalior ( ruled by the Scindia Marathas ) . It was the result of a crisis between the governments of the two states . Background . In the year 1800 , a crisis developed between the relationship of Jaipur and Gwalior Scindia ` s Government . The burden of monetary contribution became a great pressure on all Rajput States and a new hope arose with the news of the civil war between Sindhia and Holkar in Pune , during the commotion of Daulat Rao Scindia ` s management , his persecution of even his able servants and his quarrel with the widows of Mahadji . The resulting feud was known as the Bhais ` war ( Brother ' s War ) . This dispute created commotion in the Scindia ranks in North India with officers being dragged into rival defenses and being engaged in fighting one another . Sawai Pratap Singh made an attempt to profit from these internal dissensions of his Scindia rivals prior the Battle of Malpura . In March 1800 , he openly rejected the money clauses of the treaty of 1791 and started to prepare for war paving the way for the Battle of Malpura . Preparation . Hearing of the preparations made by the Maharaja of Jaipur for the war in his camp at Sanganer , Lakhwa Dada gathered his own troops and took their position south of Malpura , which is a town about south - west of Jaipur . His army consisted of De Boigne ` s second brigade or the six battalions commanded by Anthony Pohlmann , a Hanoverian soldier . Chevalier Dudrence ` s brigade comprised six battalions , supplied by Holkar , two battalions of Lakhwa ` s own contingent and a battalion furnished by the Kota regent and a body of Maratha Light Horse Cavalry - a total of about 16 , 000 men . The Jaipur army was made by 18 battalions of musketeers , 2000 Naga Gosains , 1000 Ruhelas and more than 15 , 000 Rajput cavalry , including 5000 Rathore horsemen from Jodhpur that was led by Sawai Singh and a total of 27 , 000 men , besides 54 pieces or artillery , ranging from 24 pounders to six pounders . South of the Sohadra River channel the Maratha army lay encamped near the village of Hindoli . The Jaipur army came and settled north of this channel , with the town of Malpura on their left side . Battle . Lakhwa Dada surprised the Jaipur army by setting his troops in action at 4 : 00 am in the morning of 16 April . His army was gathered in two lines , the first being formed by Pohlman ` s brigade ( right ) and Dudrence ` s ( left ) , while the second was marching a thousand paces behind the first line was made up of the Maratha cavalry , these pushing forward some meters of land to the two sides of the first line to guard their edges . The light field pieces of each brigade moved before it . The Rajput right was composed of the Rathors and the left of the Kachhwa troops . Lakhwa Dada ` s surprised attempt however failed , as the Jaipur troops got the alert signal and through the recklessness of the cavalry patrols of the Marathas before the infantry had forded the river . A heavy barrage was established all along their line . On this , Major Anthony Pohlmann ordered the second crew to move forward with its guns but reserve its fire until they were close to the enemy . These orders were accordingly obeyed and his artillery also performed well . Sweeping across the of open space from the riverbank to the line of Jaipur guns , Pohlman ` s infantry took 40 of them and sacrificed some of their own men . The toughest part of the Battle of Malpura began , when the Rathor cavalry charged the Dudrence ` s brigade ( the left of their front line ) , during the close engagement on the right . The Rathors were seen approached from a distance ; The well - served guns of the brigade showered upon their dense mass , thus cutting down hundreds at every discharge . Holkar ` s infantry was a new brigade and was not sufficiently trained . As a result , the left wing of the Scindia army was furrowed up in one short onset , 320 men being slain or wounded out of a total strength of about 2400 men . Result . The victorious Rathors did not look for their Kachhwa comrades , swept onward after the grand success , and covered the thousand paces up to the second line . Here the Maratha cavaliers did not wait to meet the shock , but deserted or retreated en masse . Sawai Pratap Singh retired to Jaipur , with his army , but all his camp and baggage and guns were captured . Pohlman ` s brigade had 75 casualties and Dudrence ` s 320 , but these were only the first rough estimates ( Asiatic Annual Register for 1800 ) . Peace was made soon afterwards .