. . "1664-01-05Z"^^ . . . "25pxMaratha Empire" . "4,000 Cavalry" . . "Decisive victory forMaratha" . "No casualties" . . "Mughal Empire" . . "1,000" . "Battle of Surat"@en . "According to 'History of The Marattas' a book written in 1826 by James Grant Duff, a Captain in the British India Regiment,(page-198),'Surat was attacked by Shivaji on 5 Jan 1664. This was a wealthy port city in Mughal empire for the sea trade of the era. The city was well populated mostly by Hindus and a few Muslims, specially the officials in the Mughal administration of the city.The attack was so sudden that the population had no chance flee."@en . .