Battle of Peshawar (1758)

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Battle of Peshawar
Part of Maratha conquest of North-west India
Date8 May 1758
Location
Peshawar, Now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Result Maratha Victory.
Territorial
changes		 Peshawar captured by the Marathas and annexed into the Maratha Empire.[1]
Belligerents
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Maratha Empire
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Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Raghunathrao
Malhar Rao Holkar
Charat Singh
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Tukoji Rao Holkar
 Timur Shah Durrani
Jahan Khan
Maratha Empire circa 1759

The Battle of Peshawar took place on 8 May 1758[2] between Maratha Empire and the Durrani Empire.[3] The Marathas were victorious in the battle and Peshawar was captured.[4][5] Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Durrani troops under Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan. When Raghunathrao, Malhar Rao Holkar and Sikh alliance of Charat Singh and Jassa Singh Ahluwalia left Peshawar, Tukoji Rao Holkar was appointed as the representative in this area of the sub-continent. He along with Sardar Santajirao Wable and Khandoji Kadam defeated the Afghan garrison.[6]

Aftermath[]

The Battle of Peshawar took place on 8 May 1758 between Maratha Empire against the Durrani Empire. The Marathas were victorious in the battle and Peshawar was captured. After being defeated by the army of Marathas, Durranis with Jahan Khan and Timur Shah Durrani left the fort and fled to Afghanistan meanwhile Marathas captured and took control of the fort.[7] The Marathas' victory extended their rule to the Afghani border, about 2000 km from Pune.[6][8][9]

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  1. ^ Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, p. 43, at Google Books
  2. ^ https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Chhatrapati_Shivaji/ngCqCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Peshawar+1758+-wikipedia&pg=PA22&printsec=frontcover Page 22
  3. ^ https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Marathas_and_Panipat/TmU9AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Peshawar%201758%20-wikipedia Page 94
  4. ^ https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Chhatrapati_Shivaji/ngCqCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Battle+of+Peshawar%22+1758&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover Page 37
  5. ^ https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_State_at_War_in_South_Asia/FIIQhuAOGaIC?hl=en&gbpv=0 Page 55 "managed to capture Attock, Peshawar and Multan between April and May"
  6. ^ a b Third Battle of Panipat by Abhas Verma ISBN 9788180903397 Bharatiya Kala Prakashan
  7. ^ War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849
  8. ^ Roy, Kaushik. India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil. Permanent Black, India. pp. 80–1. ISBN 978-8178241098.
  9. ^ S.R. Sharma (1999). Mughal empire in India: a systematic study including source material. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 763. ISBN 978-81-7156-819-2. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

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