All about the third battle of Panipat.
                     ALL ABOUT THIRD 
BATTLE OF PANIPAT
Introduction
The Third Battle of Panipat was a major battle 
in the Indian history, fought on 14th January 
1761.
It was fought between the Afghan forces 
of Ahmad Shah Durrani along against the 
Maratha Empire.
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Important events
After the demise of Mughal Emperor 
Aurangzeb, there was an abrupt ascent of the 
Marathas.
The Marathas reversed all his territorial gains 
in the Deccan and conquered a considerable 
part of India.
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Important events
The decay was rushed by the attack of India 
by Nader Shah, who likewise took away Takht-
I-Taus (the Peacock Throne) and the Kohinoor 
Diamond in 1739.
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Important events
Ahmad Shah Durrani intended to assault the 
Marathas when his child was driven out of 
Lahore.
Before the finish of 1759, Durrani with his 
Afghan clans arrived at Lahore and Delhi and 
vanquished the adversary armies.
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Important events
The forces battled at Karnal and Kunjpura 
where the whole Afghan battalion was killed.
The slaughter of the Kunjpura battalion 
maddened Durrani. So he requested for 
crossing the waterway in order to assault the 
Marathas.
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Important events
Fights proceeded through months and powers 
from both the sides amassed for the last 
attack. 
The fight began in the extremely early times 
on January 14, 1761.
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Important events
Since the Afghan powers were bigger in 
number, by the end of day 1, majority of the 
Maratha powers had fled, been killed or taken 
prisoner.
One of different reasons was that the Afghans' 
mounted guns was increasingly powerful.
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Important events
The Marathas' failure to convince the Rajputs, 
Jats and Sikhs to battle on their side 
demonstrated lethal for the Marathas.
After the triumph, the Afghan mounted force 
went out of control through the lanes of 
Panipat, murdering a large number of Maratha 
troopers and regular people
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Important events
The women and children were taken in Afghan 
camps.
Despite the Third Battle of Panipat changed 
the force conditions in India, the Afghans 
could scarcely control any further.
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