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The Maratha-Sikh clashes of 1771–1798 were a series of intermittent conflicts between the Maratha Empire and the Sikh Confederacy, primarily in Northern India. These confrontations were concentrated in the Cis-Sutlej territories and the Upper Gangetic Doab .
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The Sikh Empire (1799 – 1849 CE) was established by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Throughout its history, it fought various adversaries including the Durrani Empire of Afghanistan and the British East India Company .
The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [12] [13] [14] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [ 15 ] [ 16 ] often subordinate to the former.
The Sikh Empire spanned a total of over 200,000 sq mi (520,000 km 2) at its zenith. [54] [55] [56] Another more conservative estimate puts its total surface area during its zenith at 100,436 sq mi (260,124 km sq). [57] The following modern-day political divisions made up the historical Sikh Empire: Punjab region, to Mithankot in the south
In February 1758, Maratha general Raghunath Rao accepted an offer to attack Sirhind. Leading his army, he marched through Ambala, Mughal-di-Sarai, Rajpura, and Sarai Banjara, finally reaching the outskirts of Sirhind on March 9, 1758. As planned, Adina Beg Khan, along with his Sikh allies, joined the Marathas at this location.
The Anglo-Indian wars were the several wars fought in the Indian Subcontinent, over a period of time, between the British East India Company and different Indian states, mainly the Mughal Empire, Rohilkhand, Kingdom of Mysore, Subah of Bengal, Maratha Confederacy, Sikh Empire of Punjab, Kingdom of Sindh and others.
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 .