Afghan–Maratha War
18th-century conflict between Afghans and Marathas and Sikhs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Afghan-Maratha War was fought between the Afghan Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Maratha Empire and the Sikh Confederacy between 1758 and 1761.[1] It took place in north-west India, primarily the region around Delhi and Punjab.[2]
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The three year long war ended in a catastrophic defeat for the Maratha Confederacy and north-western Indian subcontinent fell under the control of the Afghan Empire. Eastern parts of the Punjab were under the control of the militant Sikh Confederacy which continued waging wars against the Afghan Empire and later Emirate of Afghanistan following Maratha defeat in the Afghan-Maratha War. Delhi came under the occupation of the Kingdom of Rohilkhand, an Indian kingdom in modern-day western Uttar Pradesh and an ally of the Afghans, while the Hindustani Emperor Shah Alam II was forced to flee to Oudh and remain in exile until 1772.