Enlightenment · South Asia · War

1761

Third Battle of Panipat

January 14, 1761

Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Afghan king, met the Maratha Empire on the old killing-ground north of Delhi. By nightfall tens of thousands of Marathas were dead - their leadership shattered, their northern imperium broken. The slaughter created the political vacuum the East India Company would rush to fill. The battle ended Maratha ambitions for pan-Indian hegemony and left northern India fragmented and vulnerable.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: June 23, 1757: Clive Wins the Battle of Plassey
After: October 22, 1764: Battle of Buxar

Before and after in War

Before: 1760: Tacky's Revolt in Jamaica
After: August 13, 1762: British Capture Havana

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Third Battle of Panipat