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In 1743 [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Army]] under [[Balaji Baji Rao]] marched through [[Bihar]] plundering and sacking various places harrassing and torturing people who didn't payed tribute devastating the whole region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Alivardi_and_His_Times/Tk7RAAAAMAAJ?hl=en|title=Alivardi and His Times|last=Datta|first=Kalikinkar|date=1963|publisher=World Press|pages=83-84|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Fall_Of_The_Mughal_Empire_Vol_I_4Th_Edn/gKOqA9lgtbwC?hl=en|title=Fall Of The Mughal Empire- Vol. I (4Th Edn.)|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|date=1991|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-1149-1|pages=51|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Comprehensive_History_of_Bihar_pt_2_1976/HL-1AAAAIAAJ?hl=en|title=Comprehensive History of Bihar: pt. 2 [1976]|last=Sinha|first=Bindeshwari Prasad|date=1976|publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute|pages=65|language=en}}</ref> | In 1743 [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Army]] under [[Balaji Baji Rao]] marched through [[Bihar]] plundering and sacking various places harrassing and torturing people who didn't payed tribute devastating the whole region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Alivardi_and_His_Times/Tk7RAAAAMAAJ?hl=en|title=Alivardi and His Times|last=Datta|first=Kalikinkar|date=1963|publisher=World Press|pages=83-84|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Fall_Of_The_Mughal_Empire_Vol_I_4Th_Edn/gKOqA9lgtbwC?hl=en|title=Fall Of The Mughal Empire- Vol. I (4Th Edn.)|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|date=1991|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-1149-1|pages=51|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Comprehensive_History_of_Bihar_pt_2_1976/HL-1AAAAIAAJ?hl=en|title=Comprehensive History of Bihar: pt. 2 [1976]|last=Sinha|first=Bindeshwari Prasad|date=1976|publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute|pages=65|language=en}}</ref> | ||
{{Infobox military conflict | |||
| conflict = Balaji Baji Rao's March through Bihar | |||
| partof = Maratha Invasion of Bengal | |||
| image = | |||
| caption = | |||
| date = 1743 | |||
| place = [[Bihar]] (modern day [[India]]) | |||
| result = [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] victory | |||
| territorial changes = | |||
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Principality of Bengal (15th-18th century).svg}} [[Bengal Subah]] | |||
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|22px]] [[Maratha Empire]] | |||
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Principality of Bengal (15th-18th century).svg}}Ahmad Daud Khan Qureshi<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Principality of Bengal (15th-18th century).svg}} Ghausur Khan{{KIA}} | |||
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|22px]] [[Balaji Baji Rao]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|22px]] Pilaji Jadhav | |||
| strength1 = Unknown | |||
| strength2 = 50,000 | |||
| casualties1 = | |||
| casualties2 = | |||
| territory = *Sack and captured of Daudnagar along with Ghauspur | |||
*Sack and destruction of [[Patna]], Gaya, Tikari, Manpur, Monghyr, and Bhagalpur. | |||
| casualties3 = Inhabitants of [[Bihar]] slaughtered with harrassment and torture also making many of them captives and selling them as Slaves. | |||
}} | |||
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