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It was the armies of the [[Sikhs]] and the Marathas that eventually ended the tyranny of [[Mughal]] rule in India. The Sikhs a

...exploits against the Mughal Empire. Equally strong was his praise for the Marathas, who rebelled (against) Mughal power Keeping them from gaining a foothold

Now she was left alone, but she did not lose heart. Next year, Marathas from the west India conquered Agra and after subduing many petty chiefs, th

...or wanted to appoint Baghel Singh Regent of the Mughal Empire ignoring the Marathas and the British. Baghel Singh did not take advantage of this offer. Some hi ...dir Rohilla attacked Delhi, blinded the Emperor in 1787, but was killed by Marathas. Madhaji granted a large Jagir to Baghel Singh in 1789 to restrain Sikhs fr

...ested in the mutiny of 1857, which was nothing more than an attempt by the Marathas and Muslim rulers were merely revolts by the princes to regain their feuda

...ll the end of the year to see the effect of this victory over Sikhs. While Marathas took ten years to recover their loss only partially, Sikhs took only ten we

...red and plundered Lahore. During his 5th invasion in 1761, he defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Panipat. In February,1762 he mercilessly killed thirty tho

...sa Singh Ahluvalia]] while Madho Singh invited the Marathas for help. The Marathas had also been engaged by Jawahar Singh's step brother, Naval Singh, who was

...s well as their relationship with friendly powers such as the Jats and the Marathas. The earliest known meeting of the Sarbat Khalsa took place on the occasion

...action and repulsed the Marathas. That was the first reverse the advancing Marathas suffered. It happened just outside Patiala, very near my own farm Bahadurga ...nations were contending for power. They were the Mughals, the Afghans, the Marathas and the Sikhs. The Sikhs triumphed in the Punjab. They also suffered much p

...tion to guard the district from foreign invasion or internal disorder. The Marathas looked only to their own gain and not to the fate of their prey after they

...win over many an adversary to his side. The [[Mughals]], the Ruhilas, the Marathas and British sought his friendship. In the wake of decay of Mughal authority

Some of the former ruling houses of South India, Kathiawar and Marathas claiming link with Yaduvanshis may also be directly or indirectly linked wi

As Ahmad Shah was returning home after his historic victory over the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat in 1761, the Sikhs had harassed him all th

...ellion in Multan. In early 1758, the Dal Khalsa, in collaboration with the Marathas, occupied [[Sirhind]] and [[Lahore]]. Within three months of the [[Vadda Gh ...ater by rdkhi imposts. Rakhi, lit. protection, was, like the chauth of the Marathas, a levy of a portion, usually onefifth of the revenue assessment of a terri

...traders with their own dialects moved to the Deccan and settled among the Marathas, Kannadigas and Telugus. There were also many Hindus among them, such as Ra

...ans in Afghanistan, the sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda in the Deccan, the Marathas in Maharashtra and the Ahoms in Assam. Peasant uprisings and revolts by loc

After Mughal rule was broken by the Marathas and the Sikhs the British were able to use this native tendancy of me and

...eir dynasty effectively ruled for six generations, untill the [[Sikhs]], [[Marathas]] and the [[British]] destroyed their power. India and its more moderate re

...25 years were spent in the Deccan fighting a war of attrition against the Marathas which practically bankrupted the Mughal Empire, which never rose again to i