Maratha Raids in Bishnupur

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Marathas under Raghuji Bhonsle Invaded Bhisnupur twice during their Invasion of Bengal 1742 and 1751? Respectively and minor Raids continued till 1764 eventually leading to Famine in 1770 putting and end to Bishnupur Raj.[1]

Maratha Raids in Bishnupur
Part of Maratha invasions of Bengal
Date1742-1770
Location
Bhisnupur modern day West Bengal
Result Nagpur victory
Territorial
changes
Belligerents
Mallabum Kingdom
Maratha Confederacy Rebels Under Raghunath Singh Deva
Commanders and leaders
Gopal Singha Dev
Chaitanya Singha Dev
Nagpur State flag.png Raghuji the Great
Nagpur State flag.png Bhaskar Pandit
Nagpur State flag.png Sheo Bhatt
Raghunath Singh Deva

Reference

  1. Dasgupta, Samira; Biswas, Rabiranjan; Mallik, Gautam Kumar (2009). Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur. Mittal Publications. pp. 12–15. ISBN 978-81-8324-294-3.