History of Maratha Empire

History of Maratha Empire Related Important Events ⚡

Date of Event	Event / Incident
19 February 1630	The best Maratha ruler and guerrilla war born Shivaji was born in Junnar.
04 September 1665	Purandar was signed between the Maratha ruler Shivaji and the Mughals.
28 February 1668	Sambhaji, son of Maratha ruler Shivaji, died due to imprisonment and torture by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb.
06 June 1674	Chhatrapati Shivaji was crowned as the king of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was a great warrior king as well as a great reformer. His thoughts and thoughts were greatly influenced by his mother brother -in -law's mother. He invented several warrior techniques. He was also known as the inventor of guerrilla war in Indian history.
06 June 1674	Shivaji, who led resistance to free from the Sultanate of Bijapur and the Mughal Empire, was crowned Chhatrapati before the Maratha Empire.
03 April 1680	Maratha ruler Shivaji died at Raigad Fort in Maharashtra.
12 January 1708	Shahu was crowned Maratha ruler.
28 February 1728	Maratha Peshwa Bajirao Pratham defeated the Mughal governors of the Deccan, Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Yah, Nizam-ul-Mulk in the Battle of Palkhed.
28 April 1740	Maratha ruler Peshwa Bajirao I passed away.
14 January 1741	The third war of Panipat started between the Marathas and the Afghans.
12 February 1742	The great Maratha diplomat Nana Phadnavis was born.
16 February 1745	Thorle Madhavrao, the fourth Peshwa of the Maratha community, was born.
02 April 1755	A naval fleet led by William James, a Comodore of East India.com, captured the Marathas Fort Suvarnadurga.
03 July 1760	The Maratha army captured Delhi under the leadership of Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Vishwas Rao. Sadashiv Rao Bhau Peshwa was the nephew of Baji Rao I. He served as Sarsenapati of the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat. He died while fighting in the third battle of Panipat. Vishwas Rao Balaji was the eldest son of Baji Rao, who was the Peshwa of Pune of the Maratha Empire and also the successor of the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He died during the period of the most extreme battle in the third war of Panipat
03 July 1760	The Maratha army captured Delhi.
07 January 1761	The Afghan ruler Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat.
14 January 1761	The Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the French-supplied and trained Maratha troops at the Third Battle of Panipat in Panipat, present-day Haryana, India.
25 December 1771	The Mughal ruler Shah Alam II ascended the throne of Delhi under the patronage of the Marathas.
17 March 1782	The Treaty of Salbai took place between the Maratha rulers and the East India Company.
03 December 1796	Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.
13 March 1800	Nana Fadnavis, a noted politician of the Maratha Empire, died in Pune, Maharashtra.
31 December 1802	Maratha Peshwa Bajirao II came under the protection of the British.
23 September 1803	The British East India Company defeated the Maratha army in the Battle of Assay.
23 September 1803	One of the decisive battle of the second Anglo-Maratha war, the Maratha soldiers were beaten by the British Army in the battle of Athaye.
03 August 1803	Second Anglo-Maratha War started against Scindia of British Gwalior.
23 September 1803	Battle of Asaar India): The British led party defeated the Maratha army.
14 September 1803	British general Lord Lake captured Delhi during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
03 June 1818	The Maratha War ended between the British and Maratha Confederates in India.
19 November 1828	Rani of Jhansi kingdom ruled Maratha and Rani Lakshmibai, the first Indian freedom fighter of 1857, was born.
27 May 1857	Nana Saheb was caught in Kanpur. Nand Saheb, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian, Maratha elite, who led the Kanpur rebellion during the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was the adopted son of exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II.

History of Maratha Empire Questions and Answer ⚡

Question: Marathas had to face defeat in the third battle of Pani Pat (on January 14, 1761) because-

◉ They did not have any communication facility available

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◉ They had lack of weapons

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◉ There were unskilled soldiers in his army

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◉ He had separated the kingdoms and peoples in the north from him.

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Question: Who is considered the second founder of the Maratha state?

◉ To Balaji Bajirao

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◉ To Rajaram

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◉ To Madhavrao Peshwa

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◉ to Balaji Vishwanath

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Question: By whom were the Marathas defeated in the third battle of Panipat?

◉ British

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◉ Afghan

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◉ Portuguese

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◉ Muglo

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Question: Who is called the second founder of Maratha Empire?

◉ Lord Valesly

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◉ Balaji

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◉ Bajirao-1

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◉ King Rama

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Question: After Rajaram's death in 1700 AD, the Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under the leadership of his brave wife. what was his name?