Battle of Attock (1758) - Revision history

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	\| combatant2 = <center>[[File:~~Abdali flag~~.~~png~~\|~~50px~~]] <br>[[Durrani Empire]]</center>		\| combatant2 = <center>[[File:Flag of the Durrani Empire.svg\|45px\|border]] <br>[[Durrani Empire]]</center>
	\| commander1 = [[Raghunathrao]]<br/>[[Tukoji Rao Holkar]]<br>[[Mahadji Shinde]]		\| commander1 = [[Raghunathrao]]<br/>[[Tukoji Rao Holkar]]<br>[[Mahadji Shinde]]
	\| commander2 = Karim Shah<br/>Wazirullah Khan		\| commander2 = Karim Shah<br/>Wazirullah Khan

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>Dhangar007 at 16:13, 15 May 2021

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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Attock
| image =
| partof = [[Maratha conquest of North-west India]]
| date = 28 April 1758
| place = [[Attock]] (in modern-day [[Pakistan]])
| result = Maratha victory
| territory = [[Attock]] captured by [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].
| combatant1 = <center>[[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|50px|border]] [[Maratha Empire]]</center>
| combatant2 = <center>[[File:Flag of the Durrani Empire.svg|45px|border]] [[Durrani Empire]]</center>
| commander1 = [[Raghunathrao]] [[Tukoji Rao Holkar]] [[Mahadji Shinde]]
| commander2 = Karim Shah Wazirullah Khan
}}
The '''Battle of Attock''' took place on 28 April 1758 between [[Maratha Empire]] and the [[Durrani Empire]]. The [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], under Raghunathrao (Raghoba), delivered a decisive victory and [[Attock]] was captured. The battle is seen as a great success for [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] who hoisted Maratha flag in [[Attock]]. [[Raghunathrao]] left Punjab after three months appointing Maratha Sardar Narsoji Pandit with 4000 Maratha troops to guard the fort from Afghans. It was conquered by the combined forces of Huzurati Troops and Shinde Army. The Shinde Troops were under the able command of Shreenath Mahadji Shinde, his elder brother Tukojirao and uncle Shambhuji Shinde.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813|author=Mehta, J.L.|date=2005|publisher=New Dawn Press, Incorporated|isbn=9781932705546|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC|page=237|access-date=2015-05-15}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
After capturing Attock, Raghunathrao sent a letter to Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao]] on 4 May 1758 :<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849|author=Roy, K.|date=2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136790874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC|page=103|access-date=2015-05-15}}</ref><ref name="K.RoyIHB">{{cite book | last=Roy |first=Kaushik |title=India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil |publisher=Permanent Black, India |pages=80–1 |isbn=978-81-7824-109-8}}</ref>
{{cquote|[[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Kashmir]] and other subhas on this side of [[Attock]] are under our rule for the most part, and places which have not come under our rule we shall soon bring under us. [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]'s son [[Timur Shah Durrani]] and Jahan Khan have been pursued by our troops, and their troops completely looted. Both of them have now reached [[Peshawar]] with a few broken troops... So Ahmad Shah Durrani has returned to Kandahar with some 12-14 thousand broken troops. Thus all have risen against Ahmad who has lost control over the region... we have decided to extend our rule up to [[Kandahar]].}}

On 8 May 1758, the Marathas defeated Durrani forces in the [[Battle of Peshawar]] and captured the city of Peshawar. Marathas had now reached the Afghanistan border. [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] got alarmed with this success of Marathas and started planning to recapture his lost territories.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
*Duff, James Grant (1921). [https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&dq=hurry%20punt&lr=&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q=hurry%20punt&f=false ''A history of the Mahrattas'', Volume 2]
*{{cite book|title=War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849|author=Roy, K.|date=2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136790874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC|page=103|access-date=2015-05-15}}

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