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.
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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One of the most cherished Maratha general during the reign of Aurangzeb was Santaji Ghorpade. Nevertheless, he suffered devastating defeats against the Mughal forces.
🧵— Significant defeats suffered by Santaji Ghorpade against Aurangzeb Alamgir.
1) First Battle of Khatau. (6 July, 1690) — Santaji Ghorpare with 10,000 cavalry & numberless infantry was defeated by Lutfullah Khan after which he fled to Wardhangarh. 500 Marathas are killed; 300 mares, 400 spears, 200 muskets belonging to Marathas are taken by Mughals.
2) Second Battle of Khatau. (7 July, 1690) — 5,000 Mughals defeated more than 30,000 Marathas led by Santaji Ghorpare. 1000 Marathas are killed beside many wounded. This battle is very important as it made Santaji along with Dhanaji to hide for 6 months in fear of Mughals.
#Lie_2 : An English letter from Bombay speak of Bajirao's victory.
No such letter exists, if it does then at least cite reference.
Instead, 2 contemporary EIC letters (dated 19th March 1740) mention of Nasir Jung’s victory.
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#Lie_3 : Chimaji Appa's letter of 8 March 1740 speak of Bajirao's victory.
The letter talks of a skirmish where Nasir Jung was reinforced and small fall back of Phirangoji Pawar, maratha general of Nasir's small right wing detachment not of whole Mughal army.
#Myth_2 : “Hyderbad, Awadh etc were independent from direct Timurid rule”.
Chhatrapati of Satara (officially a slave of Mughal emperor) didnt even control a single town properly, leave aside all these lands which you show as “maratha dominions”.
🔹Sabhasad Bakhar & Chitnis Bakhar, both Maratha sources, mention how Sambhaji raped a Brahmin woman.
🔹Robert Orme (1728 – 1801), an employee of East India Company who he got the information from English factory records, also repeats the event.
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Rape of Christian women.
🔹Sir Jadunath Sarkar in his book ‘Aurangzeb and his times, Vol 4’ — has cited first hand Portuguese account — stating how Sambhaji as well as his army engaged in rape.