First Battle of Katwa

The First Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal Subah and Maratha Confederacy in 1742. The Marathas under Raghoji initially attacked and captured Katwa and Hooghly in Bengal. The Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan, using conscripted tribal and peasant levies from Birbhum, responded with a direct attack on the Maratha camp at Katwa from the rear in nightfall and the entire Maratha Army was evacuated out of Bengal on 17 September 1742, believing a much larger force had charged them. The Maratha commander Bhaskar Pant was treacherously killed.^[1]

First Battle of Katwa
Part of Maratha invasions of Bengal
Date 1742 Location Katwa Result Bengal Subah victory
Belligerents
Bengal Subah	Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Ali-Vardi Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Mirza Beg	Bhaskar Pant Rudrasimha Pindari Shesh Rao Gusain Mir Habib
Strength
Unknown	12,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	12,000

See also

• First Battle of Katwa
• Battle of Burdwan
• Maratha invasions of Bengal
• Second Battle of Katwa
• Battle of Birbhum
• Second Battle of Midnapur

References

1. Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.