Battle of Peshawar (1758)
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 and Malhar Rao Holkar had left Punjab they appointed Tukoji Rao Holkar as their representative in this area of the sub-continent. He along with Sardar Santajirao Wable and Khandoji Kadam defeated the Afghan garrison.[6]
| Battle of Peshawar | |||||||||
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| Part of Maratha conquest of North-west India | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha Empire |
 Durrani Empire | ||||||||
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Raghunathrao Malhar Rao Holkar Tukoji Rao Holkar |
Timur Shah Durrani Jahan Khan | ||||||||
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]
See also
References
- Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, p. 43, at Google Books
- https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Chhatrapati_Shivaji/ngCqCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Peshawar+1758+-wikipedia&pg=PA22&printsec=frontcover Page 22
- https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Marathas_and_Panipat/TmU9AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Peshawar%201758%20-wikipedia Page 94
- 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
- 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"
- Third Battle of Panipat by Abhas Verma ISBN 9788180903397 Bharatiya Kala Prakashan
- War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849
- Roy, Kaushik. India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil. Permanent Black, India. pp. 80–1. ISBN 978-8178241098.
- 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.
Further reading
- Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, p. 43, at Google Books
- Duff, James Grant. A history of the Mahrattas, Volume 2
- War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740–1849, p. 103, at Google Books