Second Battle of Katwa

The Second Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal Subah and the Maratha Confederacy in 1745.

Second Battle of Katwa
Part of Maratha invasions of Bengal
Date December 1745 Location Katwa Result Bengal Subah victory
Belligerents
Bengal Subah	Maratha Confederacy Nagpur State
Commanders and leaders
Alivardi Khan	Raghuji Bhonsale

Bengal had repelled a Maratha invasion three years earlier in 1742. The Maratha ruler of Nagpur, Raghuji Bhonsle, tried again in 1745, when he succeeded in occupying Orissa before his force of 20,000 horsemen ravaged Murshidabad and moved onwards to Katwa. There he was defeated by the Bengal army of Alivardi Khan.^[1]

See also

• First Battle of Katwa
• Battle of Burdwan
• Battle of Rani Sarai
• Maratha invasions of Bengal

References

1. Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.