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{{Infobox Military Conflict<br />
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| conflict = Capture of Delhi<br />
| partof = [[Afghan - Maratha wars]]<br />
| date = 1771<br />
| place = [[Delhi]]<br />
| result = [[Maratha Empire]] Victory<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=%22Capture+of+Delhi%22+1771+-wikipedia&pg=PA8|title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia|first=N. G.|last=Rathod|date=26 June 1994|publisher=Sarup & Sons|via=Google Books|isbn=9788185431529}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2021}}<br />
| combatant1 = {{flag|Maratha Empire}}<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|30px]] [[Mughal Empire]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Rampur State.svg}} [[Rohilla|Rohilla Afghans]]<br />
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[[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|30px]] [[Visaji Krushna Biniwale]]<br />
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[[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|30px]] Ramchandra Ganesh Kanade<br />
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[[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|30px]] [[Mahadji Shinde]]<br />
[[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|30px]] [[Tukoji Rao Holkar]]<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|30px]]{{flagicon image|Flag of the Rampur State.svg}} [[Najib ad-Dawlah]] <br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Rampur State.svg}} [[Zabita Khan]]<br />
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'''Capture of Delhi''' is the 1771 battle where the forces of [[Mahadji Shinde]] captured Delhi and the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Alam II]] was restored to the throne with the help of Mahadji.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Chand Singh|last=Kadiyan|title=Panipat in History: A Study of Inscripitons|date=26 June 2019|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=64|pages=403–419|jstor = 44145479}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=%22Capture+of+Delhi%22+1771+-wikipedia&pg=PA8|title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia|first=N. G.|last=Rathod|date=26 June 1994|publisher=Sarup & Sons|via=Google Books|isbn=9788185431529}}</ref> Marathas capture Delhi by defeating Afghans under [[Najib Khan]]. With this battle they [[Maratha Resurrection|regained their lost supremacy]] in North India after the Third Battle of Panipat and conquered much of the lost territories which they lost after the Third Battle of Panipat.<br />
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In the [[Third Battle of Panipat]], the [[Maratha Empire]] suffered a serious blow at the hands of the Muslim axis of the [[Durrani Empire]], [[Nawab of Awadh]], and [[Rohillas]] under [[Najib ad-Dawlah]]. After the death of Peshwa [[Balaji Bajirao|Balaji Baji Rao Bhat]], [[Madhavrao I]] became [[Peshwa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5NRDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Maratha+Resurrection%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA326|title=Indian civilization|first=deepak|last=s|date=25 October 2016|publisher=deepak shinde|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= History of India |page= <!-- or pages= --> }}</ref> under the regency of [[Raghunathrao|Raghunathrao Bhat]].<br />
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[[Mahadji]]'s victory over Jats of Mathura, Rajputs of Rajasthan and Pashtun-Rohillas of [[Rohilkhand]] (in the western part of present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]] state) re-established the Marathas in the northern India.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
After taking control of Delhi, Marathas sent a large army in 1772 to "punish" Afghan [[Rohilla]]s for Panipat. Maratha army devastated Rohilkhand by looting and plundering and also took the members of royal family as captives. Maratha general Mahadaji was “very much pleased with the revenge taken by his men” for Panipat.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=1771+scindia&source=bl&ots=Ohxv9jrPpo&sig=gdLcPTomT2FOmazdsOmytJmiiFE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JF2_T_PEF8PYrQfPkNW2CQ&ved=0CE4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=1771%20scindia&f=false The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia p.9]</ref> Najib Khan's son and Nawab of Rohilkhand [[Zabita Khan]] was defeated by the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bijnor |volume=3 |page=928}}</ref> led by [[Mahadji Sindhia]] (shinde) in 1772 and the fort of Pathargarh,([[Najibabad]]) was completely looted by the Marathas in the form of horses, elephants, guns and other valuable things, to avenge the deaths of Maratha Warriors who fell in the battle of Delhi and Panipat, Marathas also destroyed grave of Najib, scattering his bones all around.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=1771+scindia&pg=PA8 | title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia| isbn=9788185431529| last1=Rathod| first1=N. G.| year=1994}}</ref><br />
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