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1730 – 1761Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761)Died 14 January 1761, aged 30Maratha general and cousin of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao. He commanded the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle and his body was found on the field.
1730 – 1761Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761)Died 14 January 1761, aged 30Maratha general and cousin of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao. He commanded the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle and his body was found on the field.
1761Third Battle of PanipatAfghan forces crush the Maratha army north of DelhiThe Durrani army of Ahmad Shah Abdali, allied with the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh, defeated the Maratha Confederacy under Sadashivrao Bhau at Panipat. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the eighteenth century, and tens of thousands of Marathas were killed in the battle and the massacres that followed. The defeat halted Maratha expansion into northern India for a decade.
1761Third Battle of PanipatAfghan forces crush the Maratha army north of DelhiThe Durrani army of Ahmad Shah Abdali, allied with the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh, defeated the Maratha Confederacy under Sadashivrao Bhau at Panipat. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the eighteenth century, and tens of thousands of Marathas were killed in the battle and the massacres that followed. The defeat halted Maratha expansion into northern India for a decade.