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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 ]
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 ...
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The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [11] [12] [13] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [ 14 ] [ 15 ] often subordinate to the former.
This band of freebooters accompanied Maratha forces during their campaigns and helped win wars in return for plunder and pay. They were a part of the Maratha Army during the Third Battle of Panipat and almost all Anglo-Maratha Wars. [36] The Last Charge of the 6th Regiment of Bengal and the 6th Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry on 16 December 1817
The Maratha commanders successfully defended Raigad. Aurangzeb sent Khan Jehan to help, but Hambirao Mohite, commander-in-chief of the Maratha army, defeated him in a fierce battle at Patadi. The second division of the Maratha army attacked Shahbuddin Khan at Pachad, inflicting heavy losses on the Mughal army. [citation needed]
Third Battle of Panipat; Part of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Afghan–Maratha War: c. 1770 Faizabad-style painting of the Third Battle of Panipat; the centre of the image is dominated by the twin arcs of the lines of guns firing at each other with smoke and destruction in between.