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{{Main|Maratha conquest of North-west India}} | {{Main|Maratha conquest of North-west India}} | ||
In the [[Punjab]], [[Adina Beg|Adina Beg Khan]], along with the [[Sikhs]] revolted against the oppressive Afghans. He decided to request the Maratha support as a large Afghan army was expected to reinforce and Adina needed more alliance to battle the invaders. On 7 March, [[Raghunathrao]] had encamped at [[Rajpura]] where he received Adina Beg Khan's envoys, and was informed that the latter, accompanied by 15,000 Sikh fighters, belonging to the bands (the jathas) of [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] and Baba [[Ala Singh]] of [[Patiala]] had closed upon [[Sirhind-Fategarh|Sirhind]] from the other side of the [[Satluj]]. A concerted attack on the fort of Sirhind was made by the Marathas and the Sikhs on 8 March 1758. Ahmad Samad Khan, with his 15,000 Afghan troops, held out for about two weeks before his capitulation on 21 March. After the victory, the town was thoroughly sacked by the victors. Therefore, the victorious allies marched up to [[Lahore]] and the city fell after some initial fighting. Then, the allies forced the Afghans into the [[Khyber Pass]].<ref name="Advance">[https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&dq=Advanced+Study+in+the+History+of+Modern+India+1707-1813++while+encamped+in+karnal&pg=PA234 Advanced Study in the History of Modern India]</ref> The captured [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]], [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] and [[Khorasani Turkic|Khorasani]] soldiers were brutally tortured and forced to clean up the holy temples desecrated by them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Uday S. |date=21 October 2019 |title=How the Marathas captured ATTOCK in modern day Pakistan |url=https://www.esamskriti.com/e/History/Indian-History/How-the-Marathas-captured-ATTOCK-in-modern-day-Pakistan-1.aspx |website=esamskriti}}</ref> | |||
The Maratha and Sikh forces gave chase to the [[Pathans]] on horseback and were in quick pursuit of them in which they went on to capture [[Attock]] and then [[Peshawar]] from the Afghans.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mikaberidze |first=Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C |title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia |date=2011-07-22 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-337-8 |page=43 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="mehta">{{Cite book|last=Mehta|first=Jaswant Lal|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813|publisher=New Dawn Press, Incorporated|year=2005|isbn=9781932705546|pages=236, 260}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pletcher|first=Kenneth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsujRFvaHI8C&pg=PA198|title=The History of India|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub.|year=2010|isbn=9781615301225|pages=198}}</ref><ref name="barua">{{Cite book|last=Barua|first=Pradeep|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIIQhuAOGaIC&pg=PA55|title=The state at war in South Asia|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|year=2005|isbn=9780803213449|pages=55|quote=The Marathas attacked soon after and, with some help from the Sikhs, managed to capture Attock, Peshawar, and Multan between April and May 1758.}}</ref> | |||
Maratha general Bapuji Trimbak was given the charge of guarding [[Multan]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan]] from the Afghans.<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&pg=PA264|page=264|access-date=2015-08-22}}</ref> | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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