Maratha-Durrani War
1758 CE – 1761 CE · 3 years
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.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Maratha Confederacy
- Durrani Empire (Ahmad Shah Durrani)
Key moments
Defining events in the Maratha-Durrani War.
- 1761 Third Battle of Panipat
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Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Third Battle of PanipatBritish Library · Public domain
- Taj MahalYann; edited by Jim Carter · CC BY-SA 4.0
- TibetUniversity of Texas Libraries · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mount EverestRdevany · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mughal EmpireJustus Perthes, Gotha./Charles Joppen · GFDL
- Carnatic warsFrancis Hayman · Public domain
- Western GhatsMdmadhu · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of the TalibanOriginal: Taliban Vector: Lexicon · Public domain
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