⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Third Battle of Panipat
1761 – present · 📍 Panipat
Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas.
What it led to: The Marathas were crushed by Ahmad Shah Durrani and their northward expansion checked.
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1526First Battle of Panipat
→ Ibrahim Lodi was killed and Babur founded the Mughal Empire.
1556Second Battle of Panipat
→ Hemu was captured and killed, securing Akbar's throne.
1739Nadir Shah sacks Delhi
→ Delhi was plundered and the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor taken to Persia.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1757 ⚔ Battle of Plassey · British East India Company
- 1760 ⚔ Battle of Wandiwash · British East India Company
- 1764 ⚔ Battle of Buxar · British East India Company
- 1765 Diwani of Bengal granted · British East India Company
- 1767 ⚔ First Anglo-Mysore War · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1768 ⚔ Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu · Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era
- 1769 Treaty of Madras · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1770 Great Bengal Famine · British East India Company
Alive at the time
Velu Nachiyar
1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
Nana Fadnavis1742 – 1800
Peshwa minister called the 'Maratha Machiavelli'
Sir William Jones1746 – 1794
Founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Pazhassi Raja1753 – 1805
Kerala ruler who fought the Company in the Cotiote War
Veerapandiya Kattabomman1760 – 1799
Palayakarar chieftain hanged for resisting the Company
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Maratha Empire & Regional PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom 1674 – 1855Part of it
- Gaekwad State (Baroda) 1721 – 1949Part of it
- Holkar State (Indore) 1731 – 1948Part of it
- Scindia State (Gwalior) 1731 – 1948Part of it
- Bhonsles of Nagpur 1739 – 1853Part of it
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (144 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (95 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (144 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (144 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (144 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (141 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (144 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Chhatrapati Shivaji 1674 – 1680Ruled it
- Chhatrapati Sambhaji 1681 – 1689Ruled it
- Chhatrapati Rajaram 1689 – 1700Ruled it
- Tarabai (regent) 1700 – 1707Ruled it
- Chhatrapati Shahu I 1707 – 1749Ruled it
- Peshwa Baji Rao I 1720 – 1740Ruled it
👤 People 4
- Jijabai 1598 – 1674Lived under it
- Samarth Ramdas 1608 – 1681Lived under it
- Tanaji Malusare died 1670Lived under it
- Nana Fadnavis 1742 – 1800Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Shivaji crowned Chhatrapati 1674Happened in it
- Third Battle of Panipat 1761Happened in it
- Third Anglo-Maratha War ends 1818Happened in it
- Death of Shivaji 1680Happened in it
- Execution of Sambhaji 1689Happened in it
- Balaji Vishwanath becomes Peshwa 1713Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Raigad Fort 1674A place of this polity
🔧 Technology 1
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 1
- The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case M. Athar Ali · 1975Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- The Marathas 1600–1818 Stewart GordonRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading