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 .

Militarily , the battle pitted Hostile_encounter the artillery and cavalry of the Marathas against the heavy cavalry and mounted artillery ( zamburak and jezail ) of the Afghans and Rohillas led by Abdali and Najib-ud-Daulah , both ethnic Afghans .

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 .