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After occasional skirmishes between the Marathas and the Patiala forces for a month and a half the Maratha forces were defeated by Sikh troops and rest of them retired to Delhi. [45] 1793 CE Battle of Meerut: Bapu Malhar's troops Unknown Near Meerut & Doab From Khurja, Bapu Malhar sent a force of 2,000 horse to set up a Maratha post at Meerut.
The Marathas had initially defeated the Sikh contingent, and the latter retreated to Rajpura. Sahib Kaur, following an impassioned speech, rallied the Sikhs to return to Patiala and once again fight the Marathas. The next day, the Sikhs attacked the advance guard of the Marathas, who were later reinforced by the remaining army.
Kaithal State was a tributary to the Scindhia dynasty of the Maratha Empire, until the Second Anglo-Maratha War of 1803–1805, after which the Marathas lost this tributary to the British. [7] [8] [9] After the eruption of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, general Gerard Lake of the British forces visited Delhi. [3]
Mughal Empire, Durrani Empire and Maratha Empire: Sikh victory Siege of Jind (1776) Jind State: Mughal Empire: Sikh victory Siege of Patiala (1779) Dal Khalsa: Mughal Empire: Sikh victory Battle of Delhi (1783) Dal Khalsa: Mughal Empire: Sikh victory
The Afghan–Maratha War was fought between the Afghan Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Maratha Confederacy and the Sikh Confederacy between 1758 and 1761. [1] It took place in north-west India , primarily the region around Delhi and Punjab .
The casus belli for Ranjit Singh to expand into the cis-Sutlej region was an internal conflict between the states of Nabha and Patiala, with the Sikh Empire using it as a cause for its military crossing over the Sutlej river.
Her brother recalled her after her marriage and appointed her prime minister in 1793. [2] She led armies into battle against the marathas and was one of few Punjabi Sikh women to win battles against a Maratha general Antta rao.
"The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India : The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy" by Randolf G. S. Cooper, Publisher: Cambridge University, ISBN 978-0521036467 Samant, S. D. - Vedh Mahamanavacha