Skip to content
British Library · Public domain
Event war South Asia

Maratha-Durrani War

1758 CE – 1761 CE

The catastrophic Maratha defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat killed an estimated 100,000 soldiers in a single day, halting Maratha expansion and leaving a power vacuum the British would fill.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

1761 battle between the Durrani Empire and Marathas

Third Battle of Panipat on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · South Asia

Maratha-Durrani War

1758 CE – 1761 CE

The catastrophic Maratha defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat killed an estimated 100,000 soldiers in a single day, halting Maratha expansion and leaving a power vacuum the British would fill.

Standing in 1758 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars Conflict · East Asia 1547 CE – 1767 CE Oyo Empire Wars Conflict · Africa 1550 CE – 1836 CE Buenos Aires Landmark · Americas 1536 CE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1756 CE Seven Years' War 1757 CE British Conquest of Bengal 1757 CE Battle of Leuthen 1759 CE Konbaung–Siam Wars 1759 CE Battle of Quebec 1763 CE Pontiac's War
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons