The Third Battle of Panipat remains much discussed in India, its main reason is also quite solid, on one side were the Marathas, while on the other side were the Kom Muslims, who are considered to be the smallest in India today, this war 14 It took place in January 1761 between Ahmed Shah Abdali and Maratha commander Sadashiv Rao Bhau. This battle was fought twice before, in the plains of Panipat, which is in (present-day) Haryana.
Before the war, the Marathas were very proud of their army, with this pride they went to fight Ahmed Shah Abdali in Panipat near Delhi, Abdali had also joined many Indian rulers against the Marathas. Such as Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula, and Rohilla Sardar Najib-ud-Daula.
In the Third Battle of Panipat, the Maratha army was quite large, but it was facing severe shortage of supplies. On the other hand, Marathas had overconfidence in themselves and on the other hand, they made the mistake of considering Muslims as insignificant. Ahmed Shah Abdali did not make this mistake at all, considering the Marathas to be more powerful than him, he prepared for the third battle of Panipat, and the result was seen in the future war.
day of war Third Battle of Panipat
The battle began around 8:00 am on January 14, 1761. The Marathas fought with all their might and for the first few hours they pushed the Abdali army back. Maratha fought so bravely that even Ahmed Shah Abdali remembered his grandmother, Maratha army also gained initial advantage, but Ahmed Shah Abdali reorganized his army, and got back ready for war, then that bravery The bravery for which the Muslims were known, like a wounded lion, the attacks of the Abdali army were so dangerous and deadly that the Marathas neither got a chance to control themselves nor to retreat, the Marathas had to come into this war while still fighting. Started feeling regret for.
Even if you find this a bit unbelievable, but this is the truth, the Maratha army had fled, in this war even Vishwasrao Peshwa’s feet had faltered, seeing such swift and swift attacks of the Muslims, Sadashiv himself Rao Bhau’ was also forced to retreat. Even though Hindus and Marathas may not be able to digest this, historians write the same about it.
Opinion of Indian historians in Third Battle of Panipat
This battle of Panipat is given more importance because it was fought between Muslims and Marathas. Marathas are one of the most glorious castes of India in front of whom every person proves to be worthless. This war has more importance because of the Marathas, Indian historians and foreign historians all have similar opinions about this battle of Panipat, and their names are as follows.
V A Smith, DR Bhandarkar, Tirpathi ji, all three have the same opinion.
Third Battle of Panipat:- The attacks of Ahmed Shah Abdali and his army were so fast and swift that even Sadashiv Rao Bhav was forced to retreat.
Third Battle of Panipat: Vishwasrao Peshwa was killed in this war. This was a big blow for the Marathas. Also ‘Sadashiv Rao Bhau’ was also killed in this war. Along with him, many other great Maratha chieftains also attained heroic glory in this war.
The Maratha army had to face a heavy defeat. Ahmed Shah Abdali captured Delhi and the Marathas were forced to retreat from North India.
Third Battle of Panipat was a turning point for the Maratha Empire. Had the Marathas won this war and had they been in power in Delhi, perhaps the condition of Indian politics would have been different today, I also accept this. After this defeat, there was a severe decline in the power of the Marathas, which prevented major changes in Maratha and North Indian politics.
The Third Battle of Panipat was an important battle in Indian history. This war completely changed the politics of North India.about
