The Third Battle of Panipat took place Process_start on 14 January 1761 at Panipat , about north of Delhi , between a northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and invading Attack forces Military_operation of the King of Afghanistan , Ahmad Shah Abdali , supported Supporting by two Indian allies—the Rohillas Najib-ud-daulah , Afghans of the Doab region and Shuja-ud-Daula-the Nawab of Awadh .

The forces led by Ahmad Shah Durrani came out victorious after destroying Destroying several Maratha flanks .

According to the single best eyewitness chronicle—the bakhar by Shuja-ud-Daulah 's Diwan Kashi Raj—about 40,000 Maratha prisoners were slaughtered Killing in cold blood the day after the battle .

The result of the battle was the halting Process_end of further Maratha advances in the north , and destabilization of their territories , for roughly ten years .

This period is marked Recording by the rule of Peshwa Madhavrao , who is credited Earnings_and_losses with the revival Recovering of Maratha domination following the defeat Conquering at Panipat .

In 1771 , ten years after Panipat , he sent Sending a large Maratha army into northern India in an expedition that was meant to re-establish Recovering Maratha domination in that area and punish Rewards_and_punishments refractory powers that had either sided with the Afghans , such as the Rohillas , or had shaken Body_movement off Maratha domination after Panipat .

In 1771 , ten years after Panipat , he sent Sending a large Maratha army into northern India in an expedition that was meant to re-establish Recovering Maratha domination in that area and punish Rewards_and_punishments refractory powers that had either sided with the Afghans , such as the Rohillas , or had shaken Body_movement off Maratha domination after Panipat .

In 1771 , ten years after Panipat , he sent Sending a large Maratha army into northern India in an expedition that was meant to re-establish Recovering Maratha domination in that area and punish Rewards_and_punishments refractory powers that had either sided with the Afghans , such as the Rohillas , or had shaken Body_movement off Maratha domination after Panipat .

Crippled by Madhavrao 's untimely death at the age of 28 , infighting ensued Coming_to_be among Maratha chiefs soon after , and they ultimately met Come_together their final blow at the hands of the British in 1818 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Mahidpur was fought Hostile_encounter during the Third Anglo-Maratha War Military_operation between the Holkar faction of the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company at Mahidpur , a town in the Malwa region , on 21 December 1817 .

This battle Hostile_encounter led to Causation the final destruction Destroying of Maratha power .

Narayana Diksit the preceptor of Peshwa Baji Rao I , the Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire .

The British under Gerard Lake were anxious to finish Process_end the war Military_operation by neutralizing Defending the last substantial force that the Maratha confederacy possessed , consisting of twelve battalions Hostile_encounter of regular infantry trained by the adventurer Chevalier Dudrenec .

Dudrenec deserted Escaping and command Control fell Being_in_operation onto Ambaji Ingle , a Maratha officer .

Lake decided Deciding to dispense Dispersal first with his artillery and later with his infantry in a series of forced marches to catch Self_motion up with these , he thus initially encountered Hostile_encounter the enemy force Request with just three brigades of cavalry , the British troopers by repeated charges were able to contain Containing the Maratha army until their infantry arrived Arriving .

The Maratha infantry made Action a most gallant defence , standing Placing their ground until the survivors laid Placing down their arms .