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| Sieges of Ramsej | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Maratha Wars, Battles involving the Maratha Empire | |||||||||
 Ramsej fort | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha Empire |
 Mughal Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Suryaji Jedhe Manaji More Rupaji Bhosale |
Shahabuddin Khan Bahadur Khan Kokaltash Kasim Khan Kirmani | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 600 | 40,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown[quantify] | Unknown | ||||||||
  Location within Maharashtra  Siege of Ramsej (India) | |||||||||
The Sieges of Ramsej (1682 – 1688) were a series of military confrontations between the Maratha Empire headed by Sambhaji and the Mughal Empire led by Aurangzeb regarding the control of Ramsej Fort in the Nashik region. Aurangzeb arrived in the Deccan in late 1681 with a strong army to destroy the Maratha Empire and the Deccan Sultanates of Adilshahi and Qutubshahi. He wanted to capture the forts held by the Marathas in the Nashik and Baglana regions. Hence he decided to begin his Deccan campaign with an attack on Ramsej Fort which is near Nashik. The Mughal forces under Kasim Khan Kirmani captured Ramsej from the Marathas. The defending Maratha forces evacuated the fort.