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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.
The Maratha Confederacy, which had been the strongest power in India until then, suffered a crushing defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. By 1769, the confederacy had broken up into semi-independent states ruled by kings like the Sindhia of Gwalior and the Holkar of Indore , all nominally under allegiance to the Peshwa . [ 9 ]
The siege of Kunjpura was a 14-day siege in April to May 1772 by Sikh forces led by Sahib Singh against the Mughal coalition forces led by Mughal Ali Khan. Siege ended with a Sikh victory against an allied force of Mughals and Marathas.
Battle of Sira: 1767 Maratha Confederacy: Mysore: Sira, Mysore Victory Battle of Moti Talab: March 1771 Maratha Confederacy: Mysore: Srirangapatnam, Mysore Victory Maratha-Rohillakhand War Battle of Delhi: 1771 Mughal Empire • Maratha Confederacy: Rohilkhand: Delhi, Mughal Empire: Victory Second Maratha-Mysore War; Battle of Saunshi: 1777 ...
One of the battles she fought in was the Battle of Mardanpur George Thomas an Irish adventure who ruled over the Kingdom of Hisar and Hansi of present-day Haryana state [ 3 ] was keen to expand its territory and turned his attention towards the Sikh territories on his northern frontier and marched towards the Jind along with his force.
The battle was fought under the grey light of a total solar eclipse. [61] The battle raged furiously from early morning till late night. [60] They both decided to stop for the night and fight the next day. During the night Ahmad Shah Abdali and his forces had retreated to Lahore. [58] The Sikhs finally got their revenge from the Ghalaghura.
The force was led by Raghuji Bhonsle, the Maratha ruler of Nagpur where he and his force were defeated by Alivardi Khan at the Second Battle of Katwa. [10] By way of the jungles of north Birbhum and the Khargpur hills (south of Mungir), Raghoji arrived near Fatua which he pillaged heavily, and then turned south-west, plundering Shaikhpura and ...
The Maratha–Portuguese War of 1683–1684 or Sambhaji's Invasion [3] [4] [5] refers to the Maratha invasion of the Portuguese-controlled portions of Goa and Bombay areas of Konkan. [6] The conflict between the Mahratta Confederacy and the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay , continued on various fronts in between 1683–1684.