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पानीपत का तीसरा युद्ध

Date14 January 1761
LocationPanipat, modern-day HaryanaIndia
29.39°N 76.97°E
ResultDurrani victory
Territorial
changes
Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy during the Third Battle of Panipat, causing them to retreat back to the Deccan, and restored the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II.[6]
Belligerents
Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpeg
Durrani Empire
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders

Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpegAhmad Shah Durrani
Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpegTimur Shah Durrani
Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpegWazir Wali Khan[7]
Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpegJahan Khan[7]
Flag of the Abdali Afghan Tribes.jpegShah Pasand Khan[7]

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgSadashivrao Bhau 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgVishwasrao 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgMalharrao Holkar(deserter)
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgMahadji Shinde(deserter)
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgIbrahim Khan Gardi (POW) Executed
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgJankoji Shinde 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgBhivrao Panse 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgBhoite 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgPurandare 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgVinchurkar 
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgSidoji Gharge 
Strength
42,000 cavalry
38,000 infantry
10,000 reserves
4,000 personal guards
5,000 Qizilbash
120–130 pieces of cannon
large numbers of irregulars
totally an army of 100,000.
40,000 cavalry
15,000 infantry(divided to 9 battalyons of Gardi rifle infantry)[9]
15,000 Pindaris
200 pieces of artillery. The force was accompanied by 300,000 non-combatants (pilgrims and camp-followers)
totally an army of 70,000.
Casualties and losses
Estimates between 20,000 and 40,000 combatants killed.[10][11]Estimates between 30,000 and 40,000 combatants killed in the battle. Another 40,000-70,000 non-combatants massacred following the battle.

पानीपत का तीसरा युद्ध मराठा सेना और अफ़ग़ानिस्तान के राजा अहमद अब्दाली और उसके साथियों के बीच में घटित हुआ था |इस युद्ध में अहमदशाह ने मराठाओं को हरा उन्हें डेक्कन की तरफ प्रस्थान करने पर मजबूर किया |