Question

Who led the Maratha armies in the Third Panipat war?
A.Sadasivarao Bhau
B.Sahu
C.Raja Rao
D.Baji Rao II

Answer 1

Hint: The Third Battle of Panipat occurred on 14 January 1761, at Panipat, around 60 miles (95.5 km) north of Delhi between a northern expeditionary power of the Maratha Empire and an alliance of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani with two Indian Muslim partners—the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab, and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Oudh.

Complete answer:
The decrease of the Mughal Empire following the 27-year Mughal-Maratha war (1680–1707) had prompted quick regional increases for the Maratha Empire. Under Peshwa Baji Rao, Gujarat and Malwa went under Maratha control. At long last, in 1737, Baji Rao vanquished the Mughals on the edges of Delhi, and brought a significant part of the previous Mughal regions south of Delhi under Maratha control. Baji Rao's child, Balaji Baji Rao (famously known as Nana Saheb), further expanded the domain under Maratha control by attacking Punjab in 1758.

This carried the Marathas into a face to face encounter with the Durrani realm of Ahmad Shah Abdali. Militarily, the fight pitted the French-provided artillery and rangers of the Marathas against the weighty mounted force and mounted artillery of the Afghans and Rohillas driven by Ahmad Shah Durrani and Najib-ud-Daulah.The Marathas, under the order of Sadashivrao Bhau, reacted by social event to a multitude of between 45,000–60,000, which was joined by about 200,000 non-soldiers, various who were travelers covetous of making journeys to Hindu blessed locales in northern India.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:The fight is viewed as one of the biggest battles in the eighteenth century and has maybe the biggest number of fatalities in a solitary day detailed in an exemplary arrangement fight between two armed forces.