 Battle of Sinhagad

The Battle of Sinhagad took place during the night on 4 February 1670 on the fort of Sinhagad (then known as Kondhana after the sage Kaundinya), near the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India.The battle was fought between Tanaji Malusare, commander of the Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj  and UdayBhan Singh Rathore, a Rajput fortkeeper under Jai Singh I who worked for the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.