Capture of Delhi (1771)

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Capture of Delhi
Part of Afghan - Maratha wars
Date1771
Location
Delhi
Result Maratha Empire Victory[1][unreliable source?]
Belligerents
 Maratha Empire Flag of the Mughal Empire.png Mughal Empire
Rohilla Afghans
Commanders and leaders

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Visaji Krushna Biniwale

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Ramchandra Ganesh Kanade

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Mahadji Shinde

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Tukoji Rao Holkar

Flag of the Mughal Empire.png Najib ad-Dawlah

Zabita Khan

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.[2][3] Marathas capture Delhi by defeating Afghans under Najib Khan. With this battle they 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.

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 Baji Rao Bhat, Madhavrao I became Peshwa[4][5] under the regency of Raghunathrao Bhat.

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]

Aftermath[edit]

After taking control of Delhi, Marathas sent a large army in 1772 to "punish" Afghan Rohillas 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.[6] Najib Khan's son and Nawab of Rohilkhand Zabita Khan was defeated by the Marathas,[7] 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.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Rathod, N. G. (26 June 1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 9788185431529 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Kadiyan, Chand Singh (26 June 2019). "Panipat in History: A Study of Inscripitons". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 64: 403–419. JSTOR 44145479.
  3. ↑ Rathod, N. G. (26 June 1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 9788185431529 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ s, deepak (25 October 2016). "Indian civilization". deepak shinde – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ History of India.
  6. ↑ The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia p.9
  7. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bijnor" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 928.
  8. ↑ Rathod, N. G. (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. ISBN 9788185431529.

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