#Nizams_vs_Marathas🔥
Marathas led by Sadashivarao Bhau plundered Delhi in 1760 AD.
But did you know ?
👑 Mughals led by Nizam Ali Khan of Hyderabad brutally destroyed and burnt Pune, the capital of Maratha in 1763 AD in revenge.
🧵 — Nizam Maratha War of 1763 AD.
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Battle of Aurangabad (6th March 1761) — Nawab Mutamanul Mulk Dargah Quli Khan Bahadur defeated, slaughtered and forced Marathas led Raghunathrao to retreat.
Battle of Balapur (16th March 1763) — Nizam Ali Khan marched to Balapur and frustrated plans of Marathas.
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Siege of Sinhagarh (May 1761) — Nizam next marched to Pune and besieged Sinhagarh fort. He took 1,30,000 rupees from Marathas and burnt villages below the fort.
Conquest of Pune (May 1761) — Nizam captured Pune, Peshwa's capital which he destroyed, burnt and plundered it.
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Battle of Haidarabad (14th May 1763) — Raghunathrao attacked Haidarabad, the Nizam's capital but was shamefully defeated by Nawab Shuja-ud-dowlah Dilkhan Bahadur.
Withdrawal from Pune (24th May 1761) — Nizam withdrew from Pune after mercilessly burning and destroying it.
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Battle of Rakshasbhuvan (10th August 1763) — Nizam had a small setback as his heavily outnumbered army was defeated by Peshwa.
Claim that 12000 men died on Nizam's side are false, only 300 died according to the letters of Peshwa and Moru Babu Rao.
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Battle of Aurangabad (12th August 1763) — Nizam Ali Khan defeated Raghunathrao again at the walls of Aurangabad.
Treaty — Peshwa Madhavrao and Raghunathrao Bhallal surrendered territories worth 10 lakhs to Nizam Ali Khan as a mark of their defeat on
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Mir Aulad Muhammad Zaka wrote regarding the destruction of Puna 🔥
“Asaf Jah with the flag of Sulaiman,
Set in flames, the Brahman city,
throughout the fire ran :
From Zaka’s ardent soul,
Now hear how the glorious date —
From the forces of islam,
Geat Puna met it's fate”
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