Total: 25,000+ troops Total: 50,000 troops[1] The Battle of Jaitpur was fought between the Maratha Confederacy under Peshwa Baji Rao I, on behalf of Chhatrasal Bundela, the ruler of Bundelkhand; and the Mughal Empire under Muhammad Khan Bangash in March 1729.

Being too old to fight, as well as heavily outnumbered, Chhatrasal appealed to Baji Rao for assistance - under whose leadership the Maratha with 25,000 horsemen with the bundela troops defeated the Muhammad khan bangash.

In December 1728, a Mughal force led by Muhammad Khan Bangash attacked him and besieged his fort and family.

In his letter to Baji Rao, Chhatrasal wrote the following words:[5] Know you, that I am in the same sad plight in which the famous elephant was when caught by the crocodile.

He granted a large jagir to Baji Rao, and gave him his daughter from a concubine named Ruhani Bai, Mastani.