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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 .
The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. [4] It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company following the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
The above map is of 1760. Marathas expanded their territory to include Malwa after the Battle of Delhi and Battle of Bhopal in 1737. By 1757, the Maratha Empire had reached Delhi. The Mughal empire was split into regional kingdoms, with the Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Oudh and Nawab of Bengal quick to assert the nominal independence of their ...
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.
Sikh Empire: Emirate of Afghanistan: Disputed [4] 1837 Poonch Revolt: Sikh Empire: Sudhans of Poonch: Sikh victory: Rebellion suppressed Baltistan Expedition (1840) Sikh Empire: Maqpon Dynasty: Sikh victory [5] Baltistan and Skardu annexed to the Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War 1 October 1838 – October 1842 British Empire. East India ...
[12] [7] With the Maratha-Sikh treaty in 1785 the small Cis-Sutlej states came under the Influence of the Scindia Dynasty of the Maratha Empire. [13] Therefore, Mahadji as newly appointed viceregent of the Mughal Emperor, tried to come to an agreement with the Cis-Sutlej chiefs and concluded a treaty on 10 May 1785. [14]
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 .
Alarmed by the growing Maratha presence, Abdus Samad Khan, the Afghan governor of Sirhind, began preparing for conflict. Before January 6, 1758, Adina Beg’s envoys, Har Lai and Sidiq Beg, successfully negotiated an agreement with Raghunath Rao, offering the Marathas a daily payment of one lakh rupees while marching and fifty thousand rupees ...