पानीपत का तीसरा युद्ध
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Sadashivrao Bhau †Vishwasrao †Malharrao Holkar(deserter)Mahadji Shinde(deserter)Ibrahim Khan Gardi (POW)  Jankoji Shinde †Bhivrao Panse †Bhoite †Purandare †Vinchurkar †Sidoji 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 |