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Thanks kings and general for this though this is not an anglo-mysore or anglo-marathas or any other indian rebellion wars but I appreciate it. As we indians don't have enough money to donate but you guys still make videos covering our history. ❤️
Ahhh yes. More indian history and even about the early modern period as well! I love the coverage of topics less often discussed in Europe and the Usa. Please keep it up.
In the 1750s it was clear that the Moghul empire was going to fall apart. Marathas, Durrani, British and French were battling to dominate India. Everyone put their money on Marathas or Durrani while no one thought that the British would eventually win. When the Battle of Plassey in 1757 took place, none of the regional Indian powers thought it more than some Bengal dynastic dispute and totally underestimated the threat the British posed. This was one of the main reasons why the British won out at so little cost: no one thought they were a real threat until it was too late.
True; by the time the Marathas actually fought the British in the 1770s, the British were in a position that the loss wasn't a knockout blow, having cushioned themselves politically.
@Aleem Malik I doubt that. Hatred between hindus and Muslims didn't exist to the extent it does today before the British arrived with their divide and rule.
No, britain won the next century. In that century the dominant power was still the Marathas, Britain lost two wars against them, but won a third one in the next century
@@chisty976 bruh I'm from Mysore only, you don't need to tell me about Tipu, but where are you getting that Bengal stuff from? Next say he was shogun of Japan also 😂
Our king 🤴 Ahmad shah won the fight but now we are suffering because of Britain invaded Indian and made a country by the name of Pakistan and Pakistan takes almost half of Afghanistan territory
@Zeno Impedo no no ! for centuries the Mughals will remain confined to the Red Fort and because of the Marathas then pensioners with the arrival of the British and the irony of the Marathas. the mughals have always lost against the marathas. the Marathas created an alliance with all the states of the Indian subcontinent to defeat the Mughals. Many empires existed in southern India that had never been colonized before the arrival of the British
@Zeno Impedo not even before. only aurangzeb killed a Hindu warlord! and the mughals mainly ruled towards the north of india kashmir / pakistan / balochistan / afghanistan / because they were made up of 50% rajput that's why they ruled solidly towards the north. the mughals will be attacked by several Sultana of Central Asia / by the Iranians and particularly by the marathas who will severely weaken their armies.
@Sultan Abdulhameed II who kept on granting trade concessions, dastaks, permission to mint coins east india company? The company first established control over Carnatic area which was ruled by muslim nawab then Hyderabad also inclined with them then they conquered bengal which was again under muslim nawab, then sort of subsidiary alliance with nawab of awadh. Against Mysore Hyderabad too helped British after Marathas raided mysore. Please do not talk about stuff you have no knowledge of
Maybe not all people in the world have the intention of conquering or enslaving others half the globe away, because that's not necessary for survival. Maybe most people would be caught off guard and couldn't fathem any group of people would want to enslave others on that scale...
I can remember sending an email regarding the central Asia and Duranni empire battle videos and here we are with Panipat 3 battle, thank you Kings and General for making great contents
The music starting from 17:58 is just incredible. The slow drum beat, the low pitched singing gives the episode a really grim atmosphere, and the sounds of the cannons and muskets also goes well with it.
Marathas made several strategic mistakes prior to this battle. They were experts in guerrilla warfare but chose to face enemy in field battle (jat king suggested them not to), they kept thousands to pilgrims with them which costed them mobility and moral burden, their leader was less experienced, marathas didn't have good allies in North india, their reinforcement didn't arrive in time due to irresponsible action of their king. You can't disregard such basic principles of war and expect to win with sheer ferocity.
Plus there was a big internal struggle in the maratha high command. The younger brother of the peshwa, Raghunath rao was supposed to reinforce Sadashiv Rao, but refused to go due to his wedding.
"jat king suggested them not to". This is completely wrong. The Jats were former allies of Marathas but the two had become enemies because of Jats reluctance to pay 25-50% tax imposed by marathas on all provinces. The Marathas had sent a threatening note to the Jats telling them they will be coming for the Jats once they are done dealing with Abdali. As a result, the Jats had allied with abdali and provided him with crucial intel about the makeup of maratha forces and the French weaponry held by them. They also slaughtered many maratha escapees once the battle was over. "What, have I come from the south relying on your strength? I will do what I like. You may stay here or go back to your own place. After overthrowing the Abdali, I shall come to reckoning with you." --- Overconfident Marathas to Jats and Rajputs
@@evox777 The alliance was not on chauth but on bel pratigya(oath) between Maharaja Surajmal,Holkar and Shinde.Also Jats never gave any supplies or intellect to Pathan's.They only signed a treaty of not attacking Afghans and vice versa.The Maratha Shadhashivrao Bhau insulted and made the plan to capture Maharaja Surajmal that's why the alliance was broken.Jats also helped the retreating Marathas from Panipat.
@@thedailyjusteen7742 The alliance broke because the jats were unhappy with the taxes and the sharing of spoils of war not because of some insult. The insults and threats came upon Jats refusal. As for the jats helping marathas who had promised to annihilate them after war is not just illogical but also pure bullshit!
Number of times nizaam of Hyderabad got defeated is too damn high 😂😂😂 Jeesh this is the first time I had so many likes. P.S: For the people replying must know that I'm a muslim myself. I've been watching kings and generals videos since long, not for any holy significance or religious pride but because they post content with historical accuracy and POV of both the parties in conflict. Religious conflict is the matter why India fell to British in the first place. Mughal-Maratha war, Nizam-Maratha war etc. The biggest gainers were Britishers in whole conflict so let's learn from history rather than boasting our pride and strengthen ourself by unity 🇮🇳.
Bengal massacre of civilians for 10 years (1741-1751) by Marathas for chauth (tax) is an unfortunate incident. Bengali mothers sing a famous "Bargi" song till today. They payed for this wrong doing wanted by god after 10 years in 1761 here in Panipat.
@@shadowhymn5162 : Bargis were Maratha cavalry army of Bhaskar Pundit sent by Raghoji Bhosle. Bengal massacre and Panipat buth were unfortunate incidents. Marathas are also our brothers...
@@SKumar-mj6gf Siraj ud daula was a larger robber than Marathas ever were, Bengal was so plagued by muslim rule that when Brits defeated him all Bengalis danced. Don't act like Marathas were evil btw the lightning raids were needed for scorched earth and depletion of resources for enemy. To defeat a devil a cost is incurred
Mughal rule was jointly destroyed by British, Marathas and their own incompetence.... Don't forget that it was the British who took away rich subahs like Bengal and Awadh from the Mughals.
@✝️Joshua Shine✝️ Mughal's already became too weak and divided. British invaded Bengal by the way, Mughal's rule of 600 years was too much time for an empire
Mughas were using elephant mounted guns for ages, its called Culverin. Nothing new, but they were able to fire above their own engaged troops into the engaged enemy, and so were very effective in this situation.
This is just absolutely amazing and would love to see more coverage of the Peshwai and more videos in general on this period. Maybe you can do a special episode on Baji Rao I? Or the Anglo-Maratha wars also have some interesting campaigns, battles, betrayal and generally a lot of political intrigue going on. As to the video itself, excellent narration and a quite precise account. I'd just like to make one minor addition of a key event that played a big role in the collapse of the Maratha center towards the end of the battle itself. The Peshwa's eldest son, Vishwas Rao, was a young but highly capable warrior and commander, greatly beloved by both his troops as well as his uncle, Sadashiv Rao Bhau. Between 130-2pm, when the battle at the center was at its peak and the Marathas still had a chance of turning things around, it is said that Vishwas Rao was killed either by an arrow, small-arms fire or a stray cannonball (the exact cause of his death has never been established). The Maratha warriors lost heart very soon after that and the will to carry on fighting started to dissipate. Sadashiv Rao meanwhile is said to have been so aggrieved by his beloved nephew's death that he dismounted from his elephant and led a ferocious but ultimately futile charge into the Afghan lines, ultimately dying and leaving the Maratha center leaderless at the most crucial point.
it is really unbelievable that someone is making such quality and properly script the history without any lies and presenting this really takes a lot of effort, really appreciate this effort, with all my heart. please talk about the southern empires then you will be even more amazed , when you know how much we conquered the rest of the south asia, no one else in India would have done such expansion, prove me wrong.
What? Even in Pakistan we study the Marathas essentially just as much as the Durranis who were more influential to western India but how come the Marathas are understudied in India?
@Maharaja Gulab Singh seriously does secularism mean not studying influential empures equally? I see Indian history books are justa s fucked up as Pakistani ones.
@snowflaked soul I said 'LEAST'. Do you think 1 chapter is enough to cover the entire history ranging from 17th century to 19th century??! Are you insane? In Maharashtra board, we had Maratha history for 2 whole years. Now compare this to the NCERT books. The centre has consistently undermined Maratha's contribution to Indian history.
@snowflaked soul "We had one chapter on Marathas and that is enough.." shows your ignorance & proves my point. That's all. Edit:- Why are you pulling SEBA (Assam) when I'm talking about NCERT..?
@snowflaked soul I had my doubts as well, cause even in Pakistan atelast a comfortable half a chapter is based on the Marathas albeit it would always be in relevance to the downfall of the Mughals.
''Whatever countries I conquer in the world, I would never forget your beautiful gardens. When I remember the summits of your beautiful mountains, I forget the greatness of the Delhi throne''- Shah Durrani
@Juned yo go You are exactly the type of person that gives fuel to these hindutva ideologues, but I want to understand you, so what is the reason for asking for hope? Do you feel threatened by these people? If so then don't worry majority of our people are not like this, most of us want love between all the different communities of India. And if you think your rights are being taken away, raise your voice and see how many people will stand for you. I hope this will make you see this country of yours and mine in a different light.
@Mohammed Golam Abdul Quadir Nobody hates someone intrinsically, they are fed lies about each other and about themselves. If youth of all the south asian countries find compassion among each other, I am sure that day will arrive soon.
@Juned yo go you are talking about lynching? What about Doda massacre,Kishtwar massacre,chittisingh pora massacre and many more which happened in Kashmir where minority hindu population were killed and forced to leave their homes.
In North India , Marathas were unpopular among the regional Kings and local chieftains because Marathas gained a lot in a short span of time and now they were dictating their orders on powerful rulers and chieftains in the North. Ahmed Shah Abdali had no interest in ruling part of North India he knew it was too far and local politics would not make possible for him to have a stable rule. Chieftains and rulers in North India preferred power order post Mughal decline (status quo) they did not want any change.
@@md_asrar_ahmed8691 he invaded India many times before and reached delhi too..took mughal pricesses as slaves.....in order to stop him coming again this battle was must. And who said Punjab belonged to afgans. Punjab is a part of india and maratha considered themselves to be new rulers of India.
This was a turning point for the subcontinent, equal in effect to the Battle of Waterloo. This was the last major pitched battle fought between 2 native subcontinental states/alliances till the 1947 Indo-Pakistan War over Kashmir. This was one of the main reasons the subcontinent was open to colonization by Europeans.
You skip a lot of details but you’re not far from the truth. The Durranis lost out despite victory and Balaji Baji Rao was also going there with a major contingent. Abdali would’ve faced a rout if he stayed. It did weaken Maratha strength for a short while(Haider Ali overthrew the Wodeyars within mere days of Panipat) but the real effect was in the Maratha system. Mahadaji Shinde and Nana Fadnavis did manage to re-establish Maratha dominance but it came at the cost of devolution of power. When different Subedars became Rajas in their own right and the centralized power of the Peshwas and the Chhatrapathi weakened, it enabled the British and the French to enter and hijack the system the Marathas had put in place. The real tragedy of Panipat was that the Marathas could no longer put up a united front against external aggressors and had become dependent on mercenaries for their army. The different Rajas started caring more about the interests of the kingdom than those of the empire and there were few leaders who could think of the interests of the Marathas as a whole. They also lost out in terms of capable leadership. It’s one of those “could have beens” in history.
One famous description of Battle of Panipat found in Marathi records which can be roughly translated as: we lost 2 pearls ( Sadashiv and Vishwas Rao), 10-15 gems ( senior officers) and no one knows how many rupees were lost on that day!!
@@dynamitebsb4520 yes having marriage while his 100000 men were killed...this war changed the fate of maratha empire and india...the force of maratha empire in north india was destroyed...people stoped fearing from them sikhs created their own empire rajputs became powerful again and in no more than 30 years marathas empire sezied to exist..the empire which had won almost every battle in past 25 years
@@eraofrage Quite wrong, Maratha dominance in the North wasn't destroyed, Marathas continued ruling all the lands south of the sutlej river (the same condition which existed before the afghan maratha war) even after panipat. despite of ruling from pune in the fucking deep south, They still managed to conquer pashtun afghan lands as far as peshawar , also literally bordered kabul by 1759. If raghunath rao wouldn't postphone his invasion of kabul, Afghans would have surely been defeated. Because this gave them time to regain their ethnic lands and invade maratha empire. Note-Marathas merely invaded afghanistan to create a fear in their hearts, which they accomplished, this is known from the fact that after panipat, Afghans neither crossed the sutlej river nor they invaded india ever again. Marathas continued dominating north india until the 2nd anglo maratha war. The task of "subduing" afghans would be done by the sikhs some years later, who would sack peshawar and end up burning kabul and jalalabad, the capital of afghans by 1839 itself.
India is very wealthy and prosperous, but the people... They didn't use it well enough. They let Europeans, Muslims, and theirselves plunder this prosperous nature.
@@fathfez7991 I hate this fact about my country that we loved peace till the peace is conquered by war Why didn't we start foreign conquest😢😢😢😢😢 No conquerers
@@secrectpirate3096 Actually they fought battles among themselves and became weak and then the British and Others and took advantage of this opportunity they conquered India
Coz indian state is created to destroy you. Never think u live in a free country. Its a lease for 100 yrs. 2047 it all ends. Mughal rule 2.0 will begin.
I am glad you made a video on the durrani empire the history of Afghanistan because this in my opinion is severely underrated I’m sure not a lot of people are aware of this history of Afghanistan thank you for making this for this part of history makes me proud of my history
@@subscribeforgoodluck1806 not this specific part of history no I do not like violence personally myself I was just talking about how this empire was probably one of those times where Afghanistan was not an unstable place
Even after panipat battle marathas were in Delhi after 10 years ,though panipat battle is important but even more than that is death of madhavrao peshwa at Young age, which really weaken maratha confederacy. Maratha dream of creating pan Hindu kingdom was given deathblow by panipat and death of madhavrao peshwa.
The mughals did not weaken due to aurangzeb's death as the video suggests. They were already defeated by the marathas during the long 27 years war that followed the death of shivaji maharaj in 1680.
@@uptheblues1875 what this is most popular battle dont comment with your half knowledge there are at least 100 books written on this topic. Maratha battled to protect india and mughal throne their own capital was in Pune
@Blank Blank pass on the weed buddy ! Mughals put India on the map 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mughals came to India cause it was already on the map of the world it was and still is the Golden Bird !
This battle truly proved Abdali as a Military genius and skilled tactician and added a vital chapter on war strategy in the text books taught in the military academies of India and Pakistan!
@@maktakjaklak6790most of those numbers were inflated . If the afghans had actually done that much of a number on the Sikhs then they wouldn’t have had to continue facing with Sikhs months after the massacre and end up losing momentum
At 2:38 the biggest mistake of mughal emperor Aurangzeb by giving the order of execution of Maratha king chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur Singh ji this was the beginning of the end of mughal empire.
Don't make it Hindu-Muslim again. Mughals had hindu generals and maratha had many muslims on their ranks. Rajput fought against Marathas and Marathas were cruel to odia. Not everything is about religion. Religion is just tool to unite certain people.
The style of warfare reminds me so much of the Thirty Years War. Decisive cavalry charges against all odds, usage of light artillery pieces against troops, not yet realising you could put together all sorts of artillery in single battery, and make holes in the enemies formation instead of using them piecemeal. Also examples of infantry holding its own against cavalry, mass volleys of musket-fire etc. Even the strategic movements of both armies before the battle reminds of a K&G Thirty years vid I watched a while back. Surprisingly, the Maratha cavalry did so well after getting pushed back where most would have routed at that point, everyone thinks so badly of cavalry charging against well placed infantry except when it works.
The third battle of Panipat is still recollected in the Marathi households. It's considered as the greatest stand our boys had. Though they lost, they are reveared as bravehearts and loss at Panipat still weighs on Marathi minds. It's said that at least one person from every house hold from Marathi land.
@@28gaurav70 but were defeated mainly by Abdali Afghans living in Afghanistan not Rohillas who were a bunch of Indian pashtuns cuz they were mixed and lived in India Rohilkand.
Najib khan rohila was the mind behind the battle of panipat Rohillas were not a bunch of pathans their army was 50000 strong The same army faught in panipat besides the afghans So rohillas and their army was massacered by marathas 10 years later Their commanders were beheaded Muslim army consisted of 50000 afghans 50000 rohillas and 50000 indian muslims And so these rohilas and indian muslims were put to justice 10 years after the incident of panipat by the marathas Now afghans are left I think so it is now upto marathas like me to take revenge from thes afghans
Maratha is dangerous. I remember from Empire Total War game in my campaign. I was Netherlands and owned the half of the world and the other half was owned by Maratha. There were only 2 countries left in the whole world. Most interesting campaign I have ever played :)
@Joseph Stalin Nadir Shah sacked Delhi in 1739. Marathas under Bajirao, Holkar and Ranoji Shinde had already attacked and decisively defeated the Mughal Army at Battle of Delhi in 1737..
@@vaibhavsingh4200 😑😑hi Muslim with fake Hindu account Maratha Rajut came from mewar And Set up the maratha kingdom in maharastra / south of mewar They grew strong with Native Marathi people From where these South mewar Rajput kept their kingdom name as Maratha from Marathi Bec.max.soldiers were Marathi people
As an Afghan this made me sad also. I saw the movie Panipat the other day and was sad that there were so many losses of life on both sides. War is heartbreaking, and usually unnecessary.
@AJ Abdali gave them nothing, he appointed Shuja as Wazir and Najib as commander in chief of Mughal empire and then left to his homeland 🇦🇫. Marathas reached Delhi when Abdali was on his deathbed.
@AJ bullshit! As far as Abdali was alive Sikhs were defeated Evey single time. Abdali sent the letter and made Marathas leave areas to Mughal which they have taken it from them in last 20 years. As it shows in this video the territories of Mughals got double or even triple after Panipat.
Bro forget about half the male population, they dint even loose half the standing army. Marathas took around 30k casualties maximum. And casualties doesn't mean dead. It means dead + severely wounded + people missing
@Yudhisthir dharma You guys lying again. Marathas joined hands with British to kill Sultan of Mysore, Tipu Sultan. After that, than India almost surrender to British. Not to forget, first battle of British in India was against Muslim ruler, Nawab of Bangle in 1757 and after 100 years the last battle was fought by British in 1857 again Mughal last Sultan, Bahadursha Zafir. Remember, British didn't take any Marathas to Rangoon but a Muslim Sultan. It was Muslim all the way. Read real history not media.
@@zeeshana4444 it was the powerful Muslim kingdom of Mysore which decisively defeated Britishers twice. Maratha confederacy best managed was a stalemate in the first Anglo Maratha war and losing next two wars miserably. Britishers took 3 wars to fold marathas up, while they took 4 wars to do the same to the Muslim Mysore kingdom. Marathas were so powerful that at even their prime, their general bajirao with his all Maratha allies, failed to defeat Nizam salabat Jung. 70+ perc of the maharstra was under Nizam till independence. Even other Marathi speaking areas were under Portuguese control. So, they expanded only where there was power vaccum. Utterly failing in nearby( near to capital Pune) areas of Nizam, Mysore , carnatic, TN. Muslims had the richest provimves of India ie bengal, awadh, Nizam, TN, Mysore, rohillkhand. And Britishers had to defeat almost all of them to snatch India. now, they claim Britishers took India from Maratha. 😂😂
Interesting fact: Abdali was inclined to accept Marathas peace offer but his muslim allies keep persuading him not to make peace agreement with infidels
Interesting Fact : after Panipat another maratha army led by peshwa approaching.. abdali rapidly distributed area post wealth among Allies and sended peace treaty to Maratha and pack up to afganistan oudh bengal nawab purchased maratha Commanders bodies and returned to cool down peshwa very disheartened his almost all beloved died .... he returned His successor peshwa took revenge Rohilla Afghans Strong hold Rohilkhand Sacked Jats of mathura crushed badly for jat Betrayal during panipat ...... Etc
Mahadji Shinde defeated Mamud Shah Abdalli in Lahore and brought back the things plundered by Mahmud of Ghazni but it was not taken by the Gaekwad ruler of Gujarat, so it was taken to Ujjain and installed there
More Maratha wars pls pls!!!!! I know that they won Maratha-mughal war, Maratha-Hyderabad Nizam war, Maratha-Bengal nawab war!!! Fun fact, out of 5 times Marathas and Durranis have faced, 4 times Marathas have won, except Panipat
@@SaiKiran-fd3gq Maratha-mughal wars Maratha-Nizam war Maratha-Mysore war Maratha-Bengal nawab war Maratha-Anglo war Maratha-Portuguese war. Many other wars
Nice fact from what's app university. He thinks that nizams, mysore r parts of afghanistan.moreever the so called wars of yours were small battles which u call wars to satisfy ur ego
@@yameenulhaq280 When did I even mention nizams and nawabs were part of afgan empire?? I can't help if your English proficiency is trash. Not to mention reading ur gibrish comment also proved that ur trash at history lessons as well Haji!!! Those were not "small battles" those were "full fled war" fought between Marathas and nizams/nawabs/mughals, etc. I don't expect a coping allah worshipper to know this, cuz that's how he copes with inferiority!!
@@vishalreddy7284 ok my history is trap can u name the 4 wars in which marathas defeated afghans. And why did u forget defeat of marathas at the hands of Hyder Ali. Also the fact that marathas aided the British against mysore. Well I am proud that i worship Allah and being his slave is enough honour for me.and belonging to a civilisation that has ruled the world for a thousand years fills me with pride not inferiority
its all about who is more well known. Samudragupta is known as the nepolean of india inspite of the fact that samudragupta build his empire over a thousand years before nepolean was even born.
I've been a fan of your from the beginning and I've been asking you to cover this war again and again. Finally my wish came true. Thanks a ton kings and generals. Knowingly or unknowingly you heard me.
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@Aniruddh These are the stories created by stupids like Modi who are working for China to destroy India without firing a single bullet. 24% Hindu Generals in Akbar' army. 36% Hindu Generals in Aurangzeb's army. Under Aurangzeb India was the greatest exporting nation of the world. 23% GDP of the world. Now just 2-3%. Aurangzeb built India but UK looted it. Radical politicans like Modi are still bleeding it.
yeah exactly but the British had to put in a lot of work and diplomacy as they were only a trading company at that time also which operated from thousands of miles away from Britain.....whereas Arabs supply lines were not too far and they also got natural borders defenses like the Red Sea and Persian gulf which also prevented their flanks from invasions at that time.
What a load of bs, almost every single battle the Arab Muslim had to fight was against superior numbers and much better equipped forces. Its funny even though the Sassanid and Byzantine have been waring for years, when you look at the forces they were able to bring up against the Arabs, they still were numerically superior and much better equipped. Furthermore if this was any other scenario, people would say the Sassanids Byzantine troops gained much needed fighting experience while fighting each other but since they lost, you get bs like the comment above. History is clear both the Byzantine and or the Sassanids on paper, should have been able to destroy the Muslim forces on their own.
@@vidkit3595 I am not saying that it was a cakewalk for Arabs to pierce through Byzantium or Sassanids.. still you can always see empires fighting their neighbour, and many times winning even with lack of numbers or quality.....when looking at British company, just an organisation, with cut-throat European rivalry, hostile kingdoms in India, only connected through seas, with not a lot of manpower even they had to hire many Indians for many of their battles, ...when you deeply look at their initial position and progress in India, it weighs more than other empires. and that thing paid well in their coming future in 19th and 20th century...they lost their empire only in and after ww2 but still, their reign was powerful before it. however, there is also a difference of time period as it was medieval in Arabs case.
@King Wiwuz IV The Muslim Arabs had to fight a 2 year brutal war with none stop fighting action during the civil wars after the prophet died, while sending at least one army towards the Byzantine, which if I remember took a lot of much needed manpower from the civil war. After they had solved the civil war they went after the Byzantine and Sassanids simultaneously who were still far superiors than they were, this is a historical fact.
@King Wiwuz IV The fact is that you are not looking at the facts and making up your own so called common sense. Historically speaking what you said simply goes against reality, if the Sassanids were in a defensive state from the beginning you wouldn't see the superior numbers and equipment. They may have gone into a defensive state once they were beaten on almost all encounters against the Muslims. Actually the Caliph at the time Umar wanted to consolidate his gains against the Sassanids.
Agree as an Indian. Movie was more sentimental and even worse casting. Abdali seems to be most idiot person who attacked India and then lost India and Afghanistan to British.
@@toohalal7469 fun fact British lost first anglo Maratha war and 2 skirmishes. But unfortunately the breakout between Maratha states lead the British campaign of India successful
@@advaitbidkar9446 one more thing Abdali left Delhi because Peshwa nanashaheb was to attack him With 100,000 and he had lost 70,000army in battle of panipat In short Abdali left the war in betweem
India is stuck between Himalayas to the north and indian ocean in the south. This served as greatest strength and weakness of military for India. indian subcontinent has not seen wars and battle tactics such of those of Europeans annd central and middle east. So, indian soldiers were not like fighting to the last man, instead they were prone to fleeing for the lives at first sign of danger. I think it was genius of Ahmad Shah Abdali to surround his inexperienced allies.
@@waqar4games63 lmfao. Who told you that? Read the will of Aurengzeb right before his death. He said that the Hindustani soldiers were crazy NOT to ever flee like the Persians to fight another day.
@@waqar4games63 Lolz... Eastern nations have a tradition of standing in battle till death. Death for them is ultimate niravana as Kshatriya Dharma. Thus the famous sayings, "Jaan jaay par vachan na jaay" or Kamikaze attacks by Imperial Japanese forces which U.S. abrahmic troops never dared to do. On the contrary, Muslims either surrendered in masses like 93,000 Pakistanis surrendered in Dhaka or use Taqiya the deceit which is sign of cowardice.
This, to me, was a war even more devastating than the second battle of Panipat which Hemu lost to Akbar. Marathas had recovered almost all the territory lost over centuries to Mughals and could've decisively paved the way for a modern republic with help of Anti-British European powers. They clearly had naval prowess to crush the Portuguese who were a predominant power at the time themselves. Regardless of the outcome, Britishers had already become a major player in Indian affairs so it would be foolish to assume that they wouldn't have leveraged their sway but this battle undoubtedly made their task easy. It was out of sheer stupidity and arrogance that Marathas lost this battle because they were supremely poised to win it. Those who don't learn from their past are bound to repeat it. History, eh?
I don't know about stupidity but they sure were arrogance and this battles also prove why that is. You see they value bravery and speed as their main motto.
@@Abhishek-sr2pu Just to point out one thing. Durrani head Abdali was watching everything and monitoring the situation from far behind while the Sadashiv Rao was literally blazing in within enemy masses with his 'Har Har Mahadev'. How more brave but also arrogant can one be!
Marathas were divided and was not centrally administered that the problem they had and each individual sardar wage war against neighbors thus not gaining enough support during the war .
True. as also Logistics Logistics Logistics Their supply lines were stretched and untenable. To add the Rajputana def. had no liking for them due to their extortionist chauth system. It was a terrible debacle that then took the likes of Mahadji Shinde and rest to recover for one last time. Savage times!
Maratha Peshwa Madhavrao Bhat recaptured Delhi in 1772AD recaptured Panipat in 1770AD defeated the betrayer race Rohillas in 1767AD defeated Portuguese at Goa in 1762AD at the age of 16 , Defeats Nizam at the age of 16 in 1762AD but dies due to Tuberculosis in 1772AD after that Marathas never expanded further coz their was no good succesor So after 1808 Maratha Power decreased due to rise in feudal power I guess if Brits didn't intervene their would have had been many provincial empires after the last Good Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao
Exactly people who downplay maratha empire usually hold panipat battle in high regard but maratha empire declined way after death of Madhavrao peshwa who was young but great leader not due to the loss of panipat empire
It shook the Maratha control of north India for a while , But within 10 yrs, By 1771 , Under Mahadji Shinde , that Marathas again launched a punitive expedition and took over domination of Delhi again The afghans were gone , n Rohillas were defeated Infact Mahadji dug up the Grave of Najib khan Rohilla n scattered the remains
@@ozymandias6644 It greatly reduced Afghan power as well . They won coz of strategy n numerical advantage , but suffered heavy loses. They did not invade India again , as I said by 1771 Marathas were in control of North again . Later by 1801 Maharaja Ranjit singh established an empire over Punjab . Then the British came etc etc
@@whiteknight8734 They had tortured and killed his brother in Panipat, besides slaughtered atleast 40-50 000 pilgrims , and taken 22,000 woman n children as slaves . The Jihadis deserved this and far worst
Dear Kings and Generals, While Indian names are understandably foreign and complex, please try to at least get the vowels right. It'd help immensely, even if you mispronounce the retroflex consonants. As an example the 'bad' in Hyderabad isn't pronounced like the English word, but with an open a as in Arctic. This 'open' a (or [aː] for IPA enthusiasts) also appears in marAthA, bAlAji and durrAni. The effort required is small (There are less than 20 vowels on the Hindi phonology wiki page), but the effect would be significant. Thanks for the superb videos! xx
We should not get into such trivial matters ....the fact that his content and knowledge is better than some indians is what that matters..come on, we are tolerant enough
The funny thing is 9 out of 10 european languages would pronounce it correctly by instinct. Really only english turns an "a" into a spoken "e". While I like the english language itself, I assume it's the worst one to correctly reflect others phonetically.
@@michaelwiesinger2643 Stimmt, obwohl Englisch eine schöne Sprache ist fehlt es einfach dabei eine vernünftige Orthographie. Deswegen ist Englisch ja die einzige Sprache wo Buchstabierung ein Wettbewerb ist.
Ahom Kingdom of North Eastern India and the Japanese kingdom was only kingdom who was never defeated . Mughals tried to invade North Eastern India more than 200 times but always got defeated. I'm proud of it and proud to be a North Eastern Indian.
@@indiafirst3676 only some Muslims rulers were outsiders. Not all Muslims of India are outsiders. They were all Hindus before 7th century. After this they embarrassed Islam and now they're Muslims
@Вхламинго yes many Afghan kings plundered India but we have relations with them from ancient times and it's going good now. Their country is suffering hopefully improves more
Afgans were too part of Indian subcontinent technically I would consider them just another empire of india than a foreign power though they were brutal
I have read numerous books & articles on the 3rd Battle of Panipat as my great grand father had also participated in it on Ahmad Shah Abdali's side. This documentary happens to be the best I have ever seen/read. Great upload. Thanks for sharing.
Had the Marathas not fought Ahmad Shah Abdali OR had Ahmad shah Abdali not defeated the Marthas, India would have not been colonized by the British and Afghanistan would be peaceful and free from British and American interference. In other words, Afghans and Marathas could have been friends and defeat the British.
Afghanistan already defeated Britishers all alone but India failed to do that because India divide and rule policy. Britishers made Hindus and muslims enemies of each other. But Afghanistan was among few nation which never captured by European
There was no India, as you know it today. It is a creation of the British colonialists. If the British has not come and colonized it, there would be more than three countries in South Asia.
@@Kohestani_ bro all the civilisation states of the world were divided into political kingdoms 🤣, stop yr stuid comments , akbar declared himself king of hindustan what was that hindistan your papa?
Winston Maraj lmao don’t worry about us. We can choose who can and can’t rule us. We are an independent people and if we don’t like our government, we can change them in a day unlike others who were ruled by foreigners for thausands of years.
I'm Poppy Pakistan has played a big game but look at it. Their population will reach 400 million by 2040 while they already have no water. Soon their biggest enemy will be droughts. Afghanistan is building dams on the Kabul river which feeds all of western and northern Pakistan. I’m afraid a very terrible time is coming for that part of the world
The news of this disaster was relayed to the Maratha Peshwa {a sort of Shogun) as "2 pearls dissolved (his cousin Sadashivrao & son Vishwasrao), 27 gold coins lost (senior generals), while the silver & copper couldn't be counted}
Here's some brilliant 300+IQ moves to make as a general for a medieval army. 1) Underestimate your enemy 2) Overestimate your forces 3) Belittle the allies on whom you depend for money, supplies, intelligence and forces. 4) Send the guy who has no experience in the region to fight there. 5) Disrespect local traditions and heritage. 6) Best of all, bring along thousands or rather hundreds of thousands of pilgrims with you. The Third Battle of Panipat exposed the Maratha Confederacy. It was opportunism and pragmatism that won them their political prominence. It was quick campaigns, through cavalry marches, under Bajirao that won them their military honours. Yet, whenever an enemy faced them, with equal arms and strength, on the open field in a pitched battle, their performance was wanting.
@@fxllen6159 the later Marathas tried to incorporate European mercenaries, military adventurers, new technology and drill into their infantry and artillery, but they simply weren't predisposed for the kind of modernisation necessary to confront the British, or even the Mughals or Mysore during their hayday. The Sikhs were successful in doing the same but they lost due to poor leadership at the operational level.
@@SaiKiran-fd3gq lol. Mysore under Hyder Ali invented the rockets, which were later on perfected by the British. You realise that right? And the Mughals up until the death of Aurangzeb were more or less up to par with Europe in terms of technology. The move from Matchlock to Flintlock began around 1690-1700. And Indian Matchlocks were heavier and longer than their European counterparts, which made them more accurate and stable. Mughal cannons were on par with Europe, especially the light canons impressed many European observers. As far as the Marathas, ruling the entire country? Are you forgetting that the Marathas fought amongst themselves more often than they fought against outsiders. The Holkars, the Scindias and the Peshwas and the Bhonsles are bound to fight for supremacy and destroy themselves in the process. With Ranjit Singh, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Hyder Ali and Siraj-ud-Daulah in the mix, the chances of the Maratha Empire expanding anywhere beyond what it was during the Third Battle of Panipat were slim. Not to mention the Rajputs, who would rather die to the last man than bend their knee to the Scindias, as proven in the battles of Lalsot and Merta. In conclusion, the Marathas would have never expanded beyond the limits of their Confederacy in 1760. They were far too militarily conservative, they had powerful Sardars within the Confederacy whose personalities and actions have proven them incapable of working under centralised control. And even if you take away the British, Awadh under Shuja-ud-Daulah, Rohillkhand, Benares under the Narayan Brahmin Dynasty, Siraj-ud-Daulah in Bengal, Ranjit Singh in Punjab and the Rajputs, were not going to simply allow the Marathas to march upto the Ganga and the Sindhu and rule over them.
At the time of indeoendence nizam was the richest man in the world at that time. And in the year 1965 /67 HE GAVE 5000 KG gold to indian defence.. not for ruling just for helping his country..
At the time of indeoendence nizam was the richest man in the world at that time. And in the year 1965 /67 HE GAVE 5000 KG gold to indian defence.. not for ruling just for helping his country..
We south Indians always proud our brother marathas since satavahana as they were stood strongly till 18th century most of the places in south not influenced by islam!
@Benjamin Franklin They were pretty much overlords no one was able to establish absolute rule over these lands even the local dynasties,let alone the outsiders.
1. Indian history is difficult to talk about, especially in this period - it is basically a continent of its own, things are happening all over the place and not everything can be covered in one video. In this one, we largely ignored European colonialism, local cultural and social upheaval, and much more. The good thing is, we are here to stay and will cover more topics pertaining to the history of India and neighboring countries. A few videos on the history of India are in the description, check them out.
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Thank you man as not a lot of people are interested in making quality indian history videos .....keep it up !!!!
Bulubulubulubulu
Thanks kings and general for this though this is not an anglo-mysore or anglo-marathas or any other indian rebellion wars but I appreciate it. As we indians don't have enough money to donate but you guys still make videos covering our history. ❤️
I hope you guys read about Dara Shikoh, an interest character though a looser, who lost to Aurongzeb but a good man nonetheless.
Ahhh yes. More indian history and even about the early modern period as well! I love the coverage of topics less often discussed in Europe and the Usa. Please keep it up.
hah you are here too!
Make a video on triparty struggle
Why don't you make videos on modern Indian history?????
In the 1750s it was clear that the Moghul empire was going to fall apart. Marathas, Durrani, British and French were battling to dominate India. Everyone put their money on Marathas or Durrani while no one thought that the British would eventually win. When the Battle of Plassey in 1757 took place, none of the regional Indian powers thought it more than some Bengal dynastic dispute and totally underestimated the threat the British posed. This was one of the main reasons why the British won out at so little cost: no one thought they were a real threat until it was too late.
The british crown didn't control india until 1857.
@@htoodoh5770 ya. It's East Indian company but sponcered by British empire
If so how come thr Marathas were not at the Battle of Buxar in 1764 or at least try to support the anti-British forces
That last sentence reminded me of our northern neighbour.
True; by the time the Marathas actually fought the British in the 1770s, the British were in a position that the loss wasn't a knockout blow, having cushioned themselves politically.
I lived in Panipat for 2 years... It's all chill now.
Lol good one bro 😂
Wait for it we are coming again ghazwa I hind
Dang, I thought the battles was still ragin'
@@facollection-ce2kp hara hara mahadev
@@facollection-ce2kp intezar rahega, is baar to Bhagava e hind kar denge.
Indians and Afghans: *Fighting each other*
British: *Rub hands and have a sip of tea*
Basically that's what happened
British: is this a free estate
Quite true.
@Samar those who are blaming Brits were the first to support Britain
Exactly how the emergent Muslim Caliphate must have felt when the Byzantines and Sassanids were at each other's throats while they grew in power.
This episode is more entertaining than entire panipat movie
Never watch bollywood movies for learning history
@Warrior empires watch bollywood movies if they are good
@Aleem Malik wouldn't that would had been great for subcontinent
@Aleem Malik I doubt that. Hatred between hindus and Muslims didn't exist to the extent it does today before the British arrived with their divide and rule.
@Aleem Malik your dream of devil allah of making whole subcontinent muslim was shattered by true almighty God.
Marathas lost the day
Afghans won the day
Brits won the century
No, britain won the next century. In that century the dominant power was still the Marathas, Britain lost two wars against them, but won a third one in the next century
What I meant by British century
Was British consolidation in Indian subcontinent
@@tentathesane8032 Britain only Lost
1St but won 2nd and 3rd anglo Maratha war.Also that time tipu sultan rule whole south India and Bengal
@@chisty976 bruh I'm from Mysore only, you don't need to tell me about Tipu, but where are you getting that Bengal stuff from? Next say he was shogun of Japan also 😂
Our king 🤴 Ahmad shah won the fight but now we are suffering because of Britain invaded Indian and made a country by the name of Pakistan and Pakistan takes almost half of Afghanistan territory
Although, I am Egyptian, I find Afghan and Indian history and battles to be very interesting, thank you for this Informative video :)
@Mr Sultan You are Afghan?
@Mr Sultan the Maratha are destroys your mughal and Durranis with the Sikh empire.
@Zeno Impedo no no ! for centuries the Mughals will remain confined to the Red Fort and because of the Marathas then pensioners with the arrival of the British and the irony of the Marathas. the mughals have always lost against the marathas. the Marathas created an alliance with all the states of the Indian subcontinent to defeat the Mughals. Many empires existed in southern India that had never been colonized before the arrival of the British
@Zeno Impedo not even before. only aurangzeb killed a Hindu warlord! and the mughals mainly ruled towards the north of india kashmir / pakistan / balochistan / afghanistan / because they were made up of 50% rajput that's why they ruled solidly towards the north. the mughals will be attacked by several Sultana of Central Asia / by the Iranians and particularly by the marathas who will severely weaken their armies.
Majority times after Islam Afghan specially Pashtuns have ruled South Asia
People of Panipat be like:- Ah shit, Here we go again
Thrice !!!!
Panipat was a fort of you dident know
😆😆😆
Saudi . Panipat is a district
@@aghoranand9750 before it was a fort belonged to the afghans
"1719 was the Year of the Four Emperors in the Muguals Empire"
Rome: "First Time?"
ha ha...
Lol
Brilliant 😂
Well, not exactly.
@@abcd9283 kaha k Sultan ho
Afghans and Marathas fight each other tooth and nail over the future of India. *Rule Britannia starts playing in the background*
2 days after panipat English won the Carnatic war against french on 15 Jan 1961, luck was favouring them
The thing is most british soldier that time was indian so thats confusing lol
@Sultan Abdulhameed II who kept on granting trade concessions, dastaks, permission to mint coins east india company? The company first established control over Carnatic area which was ruled by muslim nawab then Hyderabad also inclined with them then they conquered bengal which was again under muslim nawab, then sort of subsidiary alliance with nawab of awadh. Against Mysore Hyderabad too helped British after Marathas raided mysore. Please do not talk about stuff you have no knowledge of
@Sultan Abdulhameed II yeah... You are right... Mir Zafar was a Hindu...who sold his honor and nation...😒
@@comradekenobi6908 hmm the Marathas were one of the best in the subcontinent . Guess they had biggest empire in subcontinent at that time
Thanks!
Who would win the Afghan empire or the Maratha empire
Yes exactly the British empire
Both the Marathas and Afghans as they both defeated British in their first wars.
Brits didn't fair so well in Afghanistan. In both their invasions in the 1800's and the 21st century.
@iqbal sahibil stfu british lost both, but faked winning the second novadays not even british think they won second.
@@Abhishek-sr2pu Yas
@iqbal sahibil Then the wonder known as de-colonization happened.
This battle decided who won't rule india.
So true ! 😂
😁😁😁😁😁
Bipin Chandra pada kya.....
Still still 1800 maratha controlled almost all of the north India, only disintegration of Maratha empire benefited british to rule india.
@@tusharbhosale599 Han, wo Bipin Chandra paddh liya
Durrani-Maratha War. A war to decide who will control India.
who won?
Britain
@@infosplus1772 conqueror
@@flaviusbelisarius7517 the cravens
Frank Mueller all of history is conjecture? That’s a yikes from me bro.
@@infosplus1772 And what they have stolen?
Maybe not all people in the world have the intention of conquering or enslaving others half the globe away, because that's not necessary for survival. Maybe most people would be caught off guard and couldn't fathem any group of people would want to enslave others on that scale...
I can remember sending an email regarding the central Asia and Duranni empire battle videos and here we are with Panipat 3 battle, thank you Kings and General for making great contents
The music starting from 17:58 is just incredible. The slow drum beat, the low pitched singing gives the episode a really grim atmosphere, and the sounds of the cannons and muskets also goes well with it.
Do you know what the song is
Listen m*f* crusade r
whats the name of this music
@@warbosspapasmurf it's from Crusader kings 2 songs of india
@@adityasinghjadoun6675it's from Crusader kings 2 songs of india
Marathas made several strategic mistakes prior to this battle. They were experts in guerrilla warfare but chose to face enemy in field battle (jat king suggested them not to), they kept thousands to pilgrims with them which costed them mobility and moral burden, their leader was less experienced, marathas didn't have good allies in North india, their reinforcement didn't arrive in time due to irresponsible action of their king. You can't disregard such basic principles of war and expect to win with sheer ferocity.
Add arrogance of Marathas
Plus there was a big internal struggle in the maratha high command. The younger brother of the peshwa, Raghunath rao was supposed to reinforce Sadashiv Rao, but refused to go due to his wedding.
"jat king suggested them not to".
This is completely wrong. The Jats were former allies of Marathas but the two had become enemies because of Jats reluctance to pay 25-50% tax imposed by marathas on all provinces. The Marathas had sent a threatening note to the Jats telling them they will be coming for the Jats once they are done dealing with Abdali. As a result, the Jats had allied with abdali and provided him with crucial intel about the makeup of maratha forces and the French weaponry held by them. They also slaughtered many maratha escapees once the battle was over.
"What, have I come from the south relying on your strength? I will do what I like. You may stay here or go back to your own place. After overthrowing the Abdali, I shall come to reckoning with you." --- Overconfident Marathas to Jats and Rajputs
@@evox777 The alliance was not on chauth but on bel pratigya(oath) between Maharaja Surajmal,Holkar and Shinde.Also Jats never gave any supplies or intellect to Pathan's.They only signed a treaty of not attacking Afghans and vice versa.The Maratha Shadhashivrao Bhau insulted and made the plan to capture Maharaja Surajmal that's why the alliance was broken.Jats also helped the retreating Marathas from Panipat.
@@thedailyjusteen7742 The alliance broke because the jats were unhappy with the taxes and the sharing of spoils of war not because of some insult. The insults and threats came upon Jats refusal. As for the jats helping marathas who had promised to annihilate them after war is not just illogical but also pure bullshit!
Number of times nizaam of Hyderabad got defeated is too damn high 😂😂😂
Jeesh this is the first time I had so many likes.
P.S: For the people replying must know that I'm a muslim myself. I've been watching kings and generals videos since long, not for any holy significance or religious pride but because they post content with historical accuracy and POV of both the parties in conflict. Religious conflict is the matter why India fell to British in the first place. Mughal-Maratha war, Nizam-Maratha war etc. The biggest gainers were Britishers in whole conflict so let's learn from history rather than boasting our pride and strengthen ourself by unity 🇮🇳.
still survive till date
Still surviving by accepting British shoes.
@Moe 911 yes
Well marathas lost against nizam in 1751 so much that nizam was contemplating an attack on pune .
@Moe 911 peshwa waged war against british tatya tope rani laxmibai both were maratha queen what nonsense are talking
Bengal massacre of civilians for 10 years (1741-1751) by Marathas for chauth (tax) is an unfortunate incident. Bengali mothers sing a famous "Bargi" song till today. They payed for this wrong doing wanted by god after 10 years in 1761 here in Panipat.
Bargis were Muslims not marathas. They were henchmen who committed war crimes.
@@shadowhymn5162 : Bargis were Maratha cavalry army of Bhaskar Pundit sent by Raghoji Bhosle. Bengal massacre and Panipat buth were unfortunate incidents. Marathas are also our brothers...
@@shadowhymn5162 Don't Change history.
@@sultanmahmudghazni6272 you have picture of brutal Warlord who enslaved women don't talk about Honor
@@SKumar-mj6gf Siraj ud daula was a larger robber than Marathas ever were, Bengal was so plagued by muslim rule that when Brits defeated him all Bengalis danced. Don't act like Marathas were evil btw the lightning raids were needed for scorched earth and depletion of resources for enemy. To defeat a devil a cost is incurred
I love how British EIC kept observing all these wars happening nearby and prepared for their ultimate invasion.
Britishers still call 1857war as a rebellion.
It wasn't really like an ultimate invasion it was a lot more conspiracies and exploitation of alliance but I agree they inveded some stuff
Because they know there soldiers can't directly won against those worriors afghans or marathas
@@hirenahir3604 Bullshit. The British defeated Marathas, Sikhs and Afghans later on.
@@mudra5114 Battle of Khanderi, Battle of Vijaydurg, 1st Anglo Maratha war ...you should study some of these ....
When two tigers fight, and then the bulldog steals the show in the end ......
That bulldog puts whole world under it's paw...when your tigers were jumping through rings in circus.
@MAA RKK history not matters comrade
You are the chicken that they stole for rush food
@Benjamin Franklin Bollywood bullshit😆
@Benjamin Franklin 'the defeated by sikhs part'...
Damn, we are watching this for absolutely free on UA-cam, what a time to be alive.
Never knew how powerful the Marathas became. In the US they kinda just teach us the Brits ended Mughal dominance, not their own vassals.
Yea the moment we get independence with Mughals britishers invaded us 😭
Mughal rule was jointly destroyed by British, Marathas and their own incompetence.... Don't forget that it was the British who took away rich subahs like Bengal and Awadh from the Mughals.
@✝️Joshua Shine✝️ Mughal's already became too weak and divided. British invaded Bengal
by the way, Mughal's rule of 600 years was too much time for an empire
@@JyotiSharma-ih8lp gained independace from the mughals ? Are you dumb the mughals never conquered the marathas
@@copiusgrimus6671 Oh really then how Aurangabad city got its name. Even Aurangzeb grave is in that city.
11:26, when you've been in so many wars your face looks like a failed pottery project.
Sad noses of old guard in Napoleonic time😢
Why is nobody talking about the camel-mounted swivel guns?
Because it's not a part of total war .....
Ships of the Desert, complete with Broadsides
Not as cool as it sounds, unfortunately. The camels were made to lie down and their legs were tied before the guns were used.
Mughas were using elephant mounted guns for ages, its called Culverin. Nothing new, but they were able to fire above their own engaged troops into the engaged enemy, and so were very effective in this situation.
They were ancient form of German Penzer Division 😀
This is just absolutely amazing and would love to see more coverage of the Peshwai and more videos in general on this period. Maybe you can do a special episode on Baji Rao I? Or the Anglo-Maratha wars also have some interesting campaigns, battles, betrayal and generally a lot of political intrigue going on.
As to the video itself, excellent narration and a quite precise account. I'd just like to make one minor addition of a key event that played a big role in the collapse of the Maratha center towards the end of the battle itself. The Peshwa's eldest son, Vishwas Rao, was a young but highly capable warrior and commander, greatly beloved by both his troops as well as his uncle, Sadashiv Rao Bhau. Between 130-2pm, when the battle at the center was at its peak and the Marathas still had a chance of turning things around, it is said that Vishwas Rao was killed either by an arrow, small-arms fire or a stray cannonball (the exact cause of his death has never been established). The Maratha warriors lost heart very soon after that and the will to carry on fighting started to dissipate. Sadashiv Rao meanwhile is said to have been so aggrieved by his beloved nephew's death that he dismounted from his elephant and led a ferocious but ultimately futile charge into the Afghan lines, ultimately dying and leaving the Maratha center leaderless at the most crucial point.
it is really unbelievable that someone is making such quality and properly script the history without any lies and presenting this really takes a lot of effort, really appreciate this effort, with all my heart. please talk about the southern empires then you will be even more amazed , when you know how much we conquered the rest of the south asia, no one else in India would have done such expansion, prove me wrong.
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI yes bro
Unfortunately, the wide history of Marathas is the least mentioned topic in NCERT textbooks.
What? Even in Pakistan we study the Marathas essentially just as much as the Durranis who were more influential to western India but how come the Marathas are understudied in India?
@Maharaja Gulab Singh seriously does secularism mean not studying influential empures equally? I see Indian history books are justa s fucked up as Pakistani ones.
@snowflaked soul I said 'LEAST'. Do you think 1 chapter is enough to cover the entire history ranging from 17th century to 19th century??!
Are you insane?
In Maharashtra board, we had Maratha history for 2 whole years. Now compare this to the NCERT books.
The centre has consistently undermined Maratha's contribution to Indian history.
@snowflaked soul "We had one chapter on Marathas and that is enough.." shows your ignorance & proves my point. That's all.
Edit:- Why are you pulling SEBA (Assam) when I'm talking about NCERT..?
@snowflaked soul I had my doubts as well, cause even in Pakistan atelast a comfortable half a chapter is based on the Marathas albeit it would always be in relevance to the downfall of the Mughals.
''Whatever countries I conquer in the world, I would never forget your beautiful gardens. When I remember the summits of your beautiful mountains, I forget the greatness of the Delhi throne''- Shah Durrani
@@rolandboston48774 yet they were a power house of the past.
@@yousafdaudzai3078 Only looks good in winter snow. Also no natural greenery all artifical farming. All Afghanis brought plants from india.
@@rolandboston48774 and India looks good? It is true that no human sees beauty objectively.
@@rolandboston48774 it's beautiful and unique in its own way.
@@rolandboston48774 desert? Okay pablo.
Every marathi person's heart aches whenever this battle is mentioned. I literally cried during the video even though I knew what was going to happen.
@The Great Kek
If mlechhas are a problem for you rather than our disunity, then british were successful all along.
Guys, this was not the intention of my comment. This comment section shows exactly why and how British ruled India.
@Juned yo go
You are exactly the type of person that gives fuel to these hindutva ideologues, but I want to understand you, so what is the reason for asking for hope?
Do you feel threatened by these people?
If so then don't worry majority of our people are not like this, most of us want love between all the different communities of India. And if you think your rights are being taken away, raise your voice and see how many people will stand for you. I hope this will make you see this country of yours and mine in a different light.
@Mohammed Golam Abdul Quadir
Nobody hates someone intrinsically, they are fed lies about each other and about themselves. If youth of all the south asian countries find compassion among each other, I am sure that day will arrive soon.
@Juned yo go you are talking about lynching? What about Doda massacre,Kishtwar massacre,chittisingh pora massacre and many more which happened in Kashmir where minority hindu population were killed and forced to leave their homes.
In North India , Marathas were unpopular among the regional Kings and local chieftains because Marathas gained a lot in a short span of time and now they were dictating their orders on powerful rulers and chieftains in the North.
Ahmed Shah Abdali had no interest in ruling part of North India he knew it was too far and local politics would not make possible for him to have a stable rule.
Chieftains and rulers in North India preferred power order post Mughal decline (status quo) they did not want any change.
Abdali never wanted to Fight in india.
Actually it was Marathas who invaded Multan,Lahore...
Then Abdali retaliated
@@md_asrar_ahmed8691 he invaded India many times before and reached delhi too..took mughal pricesses as slaves.....in order to stop him coming again this battle was must. And who said Punjab belonged to afgans. Punjab is a part of india and maratha considered themselves to be new rulers of India.
@@md_asrar_ahmed8691Punjab was never a birthright of Afghans, it is not part of Afghanistan, not then not now.
I just can't seriously take the fact that among all the characters shown at 9:53, a wild Clive appears 😂
This was a turning point for the subcontinent, equal in effect to the Battle of Waterloo. This was the last major pitched battle fought between 2 native subcontinental states/alliances till the 1947 Indo-Pakistan War over Kashmir. This was one of the main reasons the subcontinent was open to colonization by Europeans.
Agree. Both India and Afghanistan would have been better off of this battle did not happen. They should have accepted truce.
@@ZeeZee9 yup.
@@ZeeZee9 sadly both sides had corrupted politicians which lead to war
@@ZyroAniCapped The real reason was Najib, the one who benefit from this battle was him only.
You skip a lot of details but you’re not far from the truth. The Durranis lost out despite victory and Balaji Baji Rao was also going there with a major contingent. Abdali would’ve faced a rout if he stayed. It did weaken Maratha strength for a short while(Haider Ali overthrew the Wodeyars within mere days of Panipat) but the real effect was in the Maratha system. Mahadaji Shinde and Nana Fadnavis did manage to re-establish Maratha dominance but it came at the cost of devolution of power. When different Subedars became Rajas in their own right and the centralized power of the Peshwas and the Chhatrapathi weakened, it enabled the British and the French to enter and hijack the system the Marathas had put in place. The real tragedy of Panipat was that the Marathas could no longer put up a united front against external aggressors and had become dependent on mercenaries for their army. The different Rajas started caring more about the interests of the kingdom than those of the empire and there were few leaders who could think of the interests of the Marathas as a whole. They also lost out in terms of capable leadership. It’s one of those “could have beens” in history.
One famous description of Battle of Panipat found in Marathi records which can be roughly translated as: we lost 2 pearls ( Sadashiv and Vishwas Rao), 10-15 gems ( senior officers) and no one knows how many rupees were lost on that day!!
forgot the first line 100000 bangles were broken
Ahmad Shah The Great really had a big brain with all his tactical moves and commands much respect.
Weeb Pashtun here, but I honor the ancestors nonetheless.
@@dynamitebsb4520 he defeated the full force of maratha
@@dynamitebsb4520 yes having marriage while his 100000 men were killed...this war changed the fate of maratha empire and india...the force of maratha empire in north india was destroyed...people stoped fearing from them sikhs created their own empire rajputs became powerful again and in no more than 30 years marathas empire sezied to exist..the empire which had won almost every battle in past 25 years
@@eraofrage Hindu are lossers
@@eraofrage Quite wrong, Maratha dominance in the North wasn't destroyed, Marathas continued ruling all the lands south of the sutlej river (the same condition which existed before the afghan maratha war) even after panipat.
despite of ruling from pune in the fucking deep south, They still managed to conquer pashtun afghan lands as far as peshawar , also literally bordered kabul by 1759. If raghunath rao wouldn't postphone his invasion of kabul, Afghans would have surely been defeated. Because this gave them time to regain their ethnic lands and invade maratha empire.
Note-Marathas merely invaded afghanistan to create a fear in their hearts, which they accomplished, this is known from the fact that after panipat, Afghans neither crossed the sutlej river nor they invaded india ever again.
Marathas continued dominating north india until the 2nd anglo maratha war.
The task of "subduing" afghans would be done by the sikhs some years later, who would sack peshawar and end up burning kabul and jalalabad, the capital of afghans by 1839 itself.
Conquerors : Mirror, Mirror who is the richest of all?
Mirror: India, of course ! Go and plunder till eternity.
India is very wealthy and prosperous, but the people... They didn't use it well enough. They let Europeans, Muslims, and theirselves plunder this prosperous nature.
@@fathfez7991 I hate this fact about my country that we loved peace till the peace is conquered by war
Why didn't we start foreign conquest😢😢😢😢😢
No conquerers
@@PranabMallick. it's sad, honestly we can't blame the foreigners here it was our fault to let mugals and British enter our country
@@secrectpirate3096 Actually they fought battles among themselves and became weak and then the British and Others and took advantage of this opportunity they conquered India
@@fathfez7991 this is what will happen when u discriminating majority of your population from military training in the name of caste system.
Finally!!! Thank you, thank you!
I comment for you guys to cover this battle a year ago and you finally made it, thank you!
Finally atleast heard the name of Cuttack. My home city
City*
Jai odia jai Kalinga
@@Abhishek-sr2pu edited bro
i dont remember studying about Maratha empire in my school. how come historians didnt mention it?
@@ayansengupta6592 🤣🤣which school you studied in? They are taught in all India.
@@kingmaker5602 especially when academia got infected with radical Islamists. False history is progagated
@@gamehacker2801 🤣🤣
@@ayansengupta6592 I learnt it in congress time only.
Coz indian state is created to destroy you. Never think u live in a free country. Its a lease for 100 yrs. 2047 it all ends. Mughal rule 2.0 will begin.
I am glad you made a video on the durrani empire the history of Afghanistan because this in my opinion is severely underrated I’m sure not a lot of people are aware of this history of Afghanistan thank you for making this for this part of history makes me proud of my history
Nothing to be proud of .. you are a rapacious bunch.
@@aghoranand9750 yeah you should be proud of Britain slavery keep it up
@@EhsaN.EhsaN. nah atleast brits treat u a lil bit better...rather then a slave which prevailed in islamic empire
A skeleton, why would war and violance make you proud? It's understandabe if it's a defensive war but a war of conquest?
@@subscribeforgoodluck1806 not this specific part of history no I do not like violence personally myself I was just talking about how this empire was probably one of those times where Afghanistan was not an unstable place
Even after panipat battle marathas were in Delhi after 10 years ,though panipat battle is important but even more than that is death of madhavrao peshwa at Young age, which really weaken maratha confederacy. Maratha dream of creating pan Hindu kingdom was given deathblow by panipat and death of madhavrao peshwa.
Finally i saw a sensible comment. More than panipat the actual disaster was Shrimant madhav rao peshwa death
Tuberculosis killed him
Yes, he died at the age of 28 due to Tuberculosis.
Yeah..indian with common sense right here..admitted the facts n dont let his emotions control him..good job sir.
The mughals did not weaken due to aurangzeb's death as the video suggests. They were already defeated by the marathas during the long 27 years war that followed the death of shivaji maharaj in 1680.
If India ever has a civil war, it will be fought at Panipat.
It was not civil war bro it was attack on india by Afghan ruler just to loot indian riches it is not civil war
@@nilpuranik7075 whoosh
@@uptheblues1875 what this is most popular battle dont comment with your half knowledge there are at least 100 books written on this topic. Maratha battled to protect india and mughal throne their own capital was in Pune
@@nilpuranik7075 Can you not read ? he said that IF India ever had a civil war a battle at Panipat will be fought
@Blank Blank pass on the weed buddy ! Mughals put India on the map 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mughals came to India cause it was already on the map of the world it was and still is the Golden Bird !
This battle truly proved Abdali as a Military genius and skilled tactician and added a vital chapter on war strategy in the text books taught in the military academies of India and Pakistan!
he fled after hearing the news of 1 lakh maratha soldiers were marching towards the panipat and then he sent the letter to the pune to stop the war.
@@poker6524 read history and also the letter sent by abdali to pune which was capital of maratha empire
@@riderchallenge4250 lmao after panipat abdali had campaigns in punjab against ats sikhs read battle of kup he wiped out 70% of sikhs
@@riderchallenge4250sources of 1 lakh parathas?? or it's news that peshwa commit suicide after listening marathas disaster
@@maktakjaklak6790most of those numbers were inflated . If the afghans had actually done that much of a number on the Sikhs then they wouldn’t have had to continue facing with Sikhs months after the massacre and end up losing momentum
At 2:38 the biggest mistake of mughal emperor Aurangzeb by giving the order of execution of Maratha king chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur Singh ji this was the beginning of the end of mughal empire.
Marathas -: yes we finally drove all Mughals out , we are free
Meanwhile Britishers -: allow us to introduce ourselves
@Resi Resi that's true my brother. no joke.
@Mansoor Ahmed Yeah but they lost to Maharaj Ranjit Singh.
@Mansoor Ahmed the British beat everyone black and blue.
Don't make it Hindu-Muslim again. Mughals had hindu generals and maratha had many muslims on their ranks. Rajput fought against Marathas and Marathas were cruel to odia. Not everything is about religion. Religion is just tool to unite certain people.
@Justice Warrior tell this to lower caste Indians.
The style of warfare reminds me so much of the Thirty Years War. Decisive cavalry charges against all odds, usage of light artillery pieces against troops, not yet realising you could put together all sorts of artillery in single battery, and make holes in the enemies formation instead of using them piecemeal. Also examples of infantry holding its own against cavalry, mass volleys of musket-fire etc. Even the strategic movements of both armies before the battle reminds of a K&G Thirty years vid I watched a while back. Surprisingly, the Maratha cavalry did so well after getting pushed back where most would have routed at that point, everyone thinks so badly of cavalry charging against well placed infantry except when it works.
The third battle of Panipat is still recollected in the Marathi households. It's considered as the greatest stand our boys had. Though they lost, they are reveared as bravehearts and loss at Panipat still weighs on Marathi minds. It's said that at least one person from every house hold from Marathi land.
Jay maharashtra
Not to forget the phrase used in Maharashtrian house holds, for anything tragic is often referred to as Panipat,
"Tyache tar Panipat zhale"
Hey bro marathas had their reveng after 10 years
They defeted rohilas massacred them
And captured rohilkhand
@@28gaurav70 but were defeated mainly by Abdali Afghans living in Afghanistan not Rohillas who were a bunch of Indian pashtuns cuz they were mixed and lived in India Rohilkand.
Najib khan rohila was the mind behind the battle of panipat
Rohillas were not a bunch of pathans their army was 50000 strong
The same army faught in panipat besides the afghans
So rohillas and their army was massacered by marathas 10 years later
Their commanders were beheaded
Muslim army consisted of 50000 afghans 50000 rohillas and 50000 indian muslims
And so these rohilas and indian muslims were put to justice 10 years after the incident of panipat by the marathas
Now afghans are left
I think so it is now upto marathas like me to take revenge from thes afghans
"Also known as the year of four emperors" - I think I heard that one before
That is also in Delhi
After Nero died
67 AD ?
Maratha is dangerous. I remember from Empire Total War game in my campaign. I was Netherlands and owned the half of the world and the other half was owned by Maratha. There were only 2 countries left in the whole world. Most interesting campaign I have ever played :)
But marathas are destroyed by mughal so mughal is so dangorous
@@tasnubarahman6068 the Marathas destroyed the mughals, not the other way around
@Joseph Stalin Nadir Shah sacked Delhi in 1739. Marathas under Bajirao, Holkar and Ranoji Shinde had already attacked and decisively defeated the Mughal Army at Battle of Delhi in 1737..
@@vaibhavsingh4200 😑😑hi Muslim with fake Hindu account
Maratha Rajut came from mewar
And
Set up the maratha kingdom in maharastra / south of mewar
They grew strong with Native Marathi people
From where these South mewar Rajput kept their kingdom name as Maratha from Marathi
Bec.max.soldiers were Marathi people
@@vaibhavsingh4200 Peshwa Madhavroa Bhat fucked all northern kings recaptured Delhi, Panipat but dies coz of Tuberculosis :(
As an Indian, this is so painful to watch.. but nonetheless, it's necessary to remember why we lost. Damn good video though!
As an Afghan this made me sad also. I saw the movie Panipat the other day and was sad that there were so many losses of life on both sides. War is heartbreaking, and usually unnecessary.
@@ZeeZee9 true
@AJ Abdali gave them nothing, he appointed Shuja as Wazir and Najib as commander in chief of Mughal empire and then left to his homeland 🇦🇫.
Marathas reached Delhi when Abdali was on his deathbed.
@AJ bullshit! As far as Abdali was alive Sikhs were defeated Evey single time.
Abdali sent the letter and made Marathas leave areas to Mughal which they have taken it from them in last 20 years. As it shows in this video the territories of Mughals got double or even triple after Panipat.
@AJ 🤣🤣🤣. Good joke.
The war costed marathas a lot, it is said that almost half of the male youth in Maratha empire was lost in that battle or as a result of that battle.
Most likely not that's overstating more than the Bollywood movies lol
😂 whole armys size was only 50-100k
India had much larger population than that
@@backstabber3537 I'm talking about the Maratha male population back in the days, and not India as a whole.
@@sumeersamarat706 .
Bro forget about half the male population, they dint even loose half the standing army. Marathas took around 30k casualties maximum. And casualties doesn't mean dead. It means dead + severely wounded + people missing
Nizam-Ul-Mulk seems to be a loyal dude, despite his autonomy. He assisted the Mughal emperor several times with his army.
@Yudhisthir dharma Maybe, but if u consider him to other vassals, Nizam-ul-Mulk was defo one of the loyal[ish] ones
@Yudhisthir dharma Agreed, The Marathas fought for India to actually be in the hands of its Hindus rather some some Foreign or Semi-Turk Tyranny
@Yudhisthir dharma Nizam invited Nader Shah? But he fought against the Persians when they invaded Delhi.
@Yudhisthir dharma You guys lying again. Marathas joined hands with British to kill Sultan of Mysore, Tipu Sultan. After that, than India almost surrender to British. Not to forget, first battle of British in India was against Muslim ruler, Nawab of Bangle in 1757 and after 100 years the last battle was fought by British in 1857 again Mughal last Sultan, Bahadursha Zafir. Remember, British didn't take any Marathas to Rangoon but a Muslim Sultan. It was Muslim all the way. Read real history not media.
@@zeeshana4444 it was the powerful Muslim kingdom of Mysore which decisively defeated Britishers twice.
Maratha confederacy best managed was a stalemate in the first Anglo Maratha war and losing next two wars miserably.
Britishers took 3 wars to fold marathas up, while they took 4 wars to do the same to the Muslim Mysore kingdom.
Marathas were so powerful that at even their prime, their general bajirao with his all Maratha allies, failed to defeat Nizam salabat Jung.
70+ perc of the maharstra was under Nizam till independence. Even other Marathi speaking areas were under Portuguese control.
So, they expanded only where there was power vaccum. Utterly failing in nearby( near to capital Pune) areas of Nizam, Mysore , carnatic, TN.
Muslims had the richest provimves of India ie bengal, awadh, Nizam, TN, Mysore, rohillkhand. And Britishers had to defeat almost all of them to snatch India.
now, they claim Britishers took India from Maratha. 😂😂
Interesting fact: Abdali was inclined to accept Marathas peace offer but his muslim allies keep persuading him not to make peace agreement with infidels
Interesting Fact : after Panipat another maratha army led by peshwa approaching.. abdali rapidly distributed area post wealth among Allies and sended peace treaty to Maratha and pack up to afganistan oudh bengal nawab purchased maratha Commanders bodies and returned to cool down
peshwa very disheartened his almost all beloved died .... he returned
His successor peshwa took revenge
Rohilla Afghans Strong hold Rohilkhand Sacked
Jats of mathura crushed badly for jat Betrayal during panipat
...... Etc
@It's oblivion unfortunately these information not added in any mainstream books or anything.... ☹️
You suck Cartman 😂
Mahadji Shinde defeated Mamud Shah Abdalli in Lahore and brought back the things plundered by Mahmud of Ghazni but it was not taken by the Gaekwad ruler of Gujarat, so it was taken to Ujjain and installed there
@Bhakt Hunter check Wikipedia , type Mahadji Shinde
More Maratha wars pls pls!!!!!
I know that they won Maratha-mughal war, Maratha-Hyderabad Nizam war, Maratha-Bengal nawab war!!!
Fun fact, out of 5 times Marathas and Durranis have faced, 4 times Marathas have won, except Panipat
@@SaiKiran-fd3gq Maratha-mughal wars
Maratha-Nizam war
Maratha-Mysore war
Maratha-Bengal nawab war
Maratha-Anglo war
Maratha-Portuguese war.
Many other wars
Nice fact from what's app university. He thinks that nizams, mysore r parts of afghanistan.moreever the so called wars of yours were small battles which u call wars to satisfy ur ego
@@yameenulhaq280 When did I even mention nizams and nawabs were part of afgan empire?? I can't help if your English proficiency is trash. Not to mention reading ur gibrish comment also proved that ur trash at history lessons as well Haji!!! Those were not "small battles" those were "full fled war" fought between Marathas and nizams/nawabs/mughals, etc. I don't expect a coping allah worshipper to know this, cuz that's how he copes with inferiority!!
@@vishalreddy7284 ok my history is trap can u name the 4 wars in which marathas defeated afghans. And why did u forget defeat of marathas at the hands of Hyder Ali. Also the fact that marathas aided the British against mysore. Well I am proud that i worship Allah and being his slave is enough honour for me.and belonging to a civilisation that has ruled the world for a thousand years fills me with pride not inferiority
@Imposter Among us from history
Nader Shah was almost a century before Napoleon. With due respect, it should be Nader Shah of Europe.
its all about who is more well known. Samudragupta is known as the nepolean of india inspite of the fact that samudragupta build his empire over a thousand years before nepolean was even born.
@@arnavpandey3823 Your explanation is typical of a submissive person. No wonder you guys were under the balls of the English for two centuries.
@@kambiz7556 so were a lot of other countries.
@@kambiz7556 well to be fair there are many British worshippers among us.
@@kambiz7556 How was it submissive if he told a statement for a solid fact?
I've been a fan of your from the beginning and I've been asking you to cover this war again and again.
Finally my wish came true.
Thanks a ton kings and generals.
Knowingly or unknowingly you heard me.
Keep up the good work man. You are doing more justice to Indian history than Bollywood and the Indian Education system combined
I’m a simple man, I see a K&G video about Indian history and I click it
World's top 10 undefeated commanders;
Alexander of Macedonian Empire
Khail bin Walid of Rashidun Empire
Sabutai of Mongol Empire
Timur of Timurid Empire
Akbar of Mughal Empire
Bajirao of Maratha Empire
Alexander Suvorov of Russian Empire
Duke of Wellington of British Empire
Von Moltke of German Empire
Mustafa Kemal Pasha of Ottoman Empire
@Neeraj Vishwasrao What a personality. Both Aurangzeb and Shivaji were deadly enemies but had mutual respect. Both respected each other's religion.
@Aniruddh These are the stories created by stupids like Modi who are working for China to destroy India without firing a single bullet.
24% Hindu Generals in Akbar' army.
36% Hindu Generals in Aurangzeb's army.
Under Aurangzeb India was the greatest exporting nation of the world.
23% GDP of the world.
Now just 2-3%.
Aurangzeb built India but UK looted it.
Radical politicans like Modi are still bleeding it.
@Aniruddh never ever believe that the war between empires were about religion and people killed only for religion in this region...
Alexander the great was defeated by porus near indian borders. Also add sambhaji of maratha empire. Out of 105 fight he had, he never lost a one 🙌
@@shasha0076No he wasn't
The British won the third battle of Panipat in the strategic sense just like the Arabs won the Byzantine-Sassanid War.
yeah exactly but the British had to put in a lot of work and diplomacy as they were only a trading company at that time also which operated from thousands of miles away from Britain.....whereas Arabs supply lines were not too far and they also got natural borders defenses like the Red Sea and Persian gulf which also prevented their flanks from invasions at that time.
What a load of bs, almost every single battle the Arab Muslim had to fight was against superior numbers and much better equipped forces. Its funny even though the Sassanid and Byzantine have been waring for years, when you look at the forces they were able to bring up against the Arabs, they still were numerically superior and much better equipped. Furthermore if this was any other scenario, people would say the Sassanids Byzantine troops gained much needed fighting experience while fighting each other but since they lost, you get bs like the comment above. History is clear both the Byzantine and or the Sassanids on paper, should have been able to destroy the Muslim forces on their own.
@@vidkit3595 I am not saying that it was a cakewalk for Arabs to pierce through Byzantium or Sassanids.. still you can always see empires fighting their neighbour, and many times winning even with lack of numbers or quality.....when looking at British company, just an organisation, with cut-throat European rivalry, hostile kingdoms in India, only connected through seas, with not a lot of manpower even they had to hire many Indians for many of their battles, ...when you deeply look at their initial position and progress in India, it weighs more than other empires. and that thing paid well in their coming future in 19th and 20th century...they lost their empire only in and after ww2 but still, their reign was powerful before it. however, there is also a difference of time period as it was medieval in Arabs case.
@King Wiwuz IV The Muslim Arabs had to fight a 2 year brutal war with none stop fighting action during the civil wars after the prophet died, while sending at least one army towards the Byzantine, which if I remember took a lot of much needed manpower from the civil war. After they had solved the civil war they went after the Byzantine and Sassanids simultaneously who were still far superiors than they were, this is a historical fact.
@King Wiwuz IV The fact is that you are not looking at the facts and making up your own so called common sense. Historically speaking what you said simply goes against reality, if the Sassanids were in a defensive state from the beginning you wouldn't see the superior numbers and equipment. They may have gone into a defensive state once they were beaten on almost all encounters against the Muslims. Actually the Caliph at the time Umar wanted to consolidate his gains against the Sassanids.
India: "Year of 4 Emperors"
Romans: "Lol, noobs."
"Those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump those up!"
Also Rome: "Come see us when you've had a Year of Six Emperors. Plebs".
Year of 6 emperors and 50 years of 50 to 60 emperors 😂
Lol🤣
Most of Indian history especially that of hindus .. is very sternly dictated by globalists and you know who
Marathas had too many enemies to Handle at a Time 🥺
Not maratha bro every kingdom
@Rani Khan marathas were fasted for 2 weeks...abdali didn't had any enemy from his back...
@Rani Khan
Marathas intentionally didn't finishe moghuls... Other wise. the mooghul empire salary and his wifes salad was also decoded by marathas
@Eren787. Persian were badly defeated many times from indians
BMA
They created those enemies themselves...
I always like the way they end these videos. The end is always the beginning of a new war, a new era.
I been waiting for this .Kings&Generals alway surprise me no one has done documentary on this battle you are the first congratulations.
There are many documentaries on this i suppose
You really appease each and every Indian by your way of narration and stories and your background music for this video is really soothing
This documentary was made far better and well researched than the Panipat movie
Yeah the movie was shit
Agree as an Indian. Movie was more sentimental and even worse casting. Abdali seems to be most idiot person who attacked India and then lost India and Afghanistan to British.
@@NitinJadhav-cc2xh your marathas are idiot peoples dont say a word about our AHMAD SHAH RA
@NitinJadhav-cc2xh go crying
Maratha : we have reached northen india , and now will take over all of it.
Abdali : hold my zam zam water
Afghan: we just defeated Maratha forces in panipat we the strong.. now we’ll rest in dilli
Mahadji Shinde 1771: Hold my Mutton Kolhapuri
@@advaitbidkar9446 Marathas: We have had hegemony over India
British: Hold my tea
@@toohalal7469 fun fact British lost first anglo Maratha war and 2 skirmishes. But unfortunately the breakout between Maratha states lead the British campaign of India successful
@Jay Not Kabul. Peshawar.
@@advaitbidkar9446 one more thing
Abdali left Delhi because Peshwa nanashaheb was to attack him
With 100,000 and he had lost 70,000army in battle of panipat
In short Abdali left the war in betweem
2:35 धर्मवीर अजून जिवंत आहे, आमच्या मनात । जय शिवराय, जय संभाजीराजे
Jay shivaji.
Jai Maharana pratap ji
Jai shiv rana 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Ram madarchod sita randi I support you
@Khushal Mithra ram mandir randi house
@@factshistory3193 jai sree gaandd
Empire: *Falls apart
Muhammad Shah: I sleep
Poetry: Exists
Muhammed Shah: Real shit
@@bloodfiredrake7259 ahahahaha
he was engaged in drinks and ladies all the day... even he paint his nudes to prove himself a man.
He was given a title "Rangeela"
@@sumitsingh7835 😂😂😂😂
It is never a good sign for a commander when he feels the need to surround his allies to make sure they fight for him.
That is very intelligent move
India is stuck between Himalayas to the north and indian ocean in the south. This served as greatest strength and weakness of military for India. indian subcontinent has not seen wars and battle tactics such of those of Europeans annd central and middle east.
So, indian soldiers were not like fighting to the last man, instead they were prone to fleeing for the lives at first sign of danger. I think it was genius of Ahmad Shah Abdali to surround his inexperienced allies.
He won. So he made a very good move.
@@waqar4games63 lmfao. Who told you that? Read the will of Aurengzeb right before his death. He said that the Hindustani soldiers were crazy NOT to ever flee like the Persians to fight another day.
@@waqar4games63 Lolz... Eastern nations have a tradition of standing in battle till death. Death for them is ultimate niravana as Kshatriya Dharma. Thus the famous sayings, "Jaan jaay par vachan na jaay" or Kamikaze attacks by Imperial Japanese forces which U.S. abrahmic troops never dared to do. On the contrary, Muslims either surrendered in masses like 93,000 Pakistanis surrendered in Dhaka or use Taqiya the deceit which is sign of cowardice.
If Mughal and Maratha had not fight each other then we would have never been under rule of British!
Mughal were already destroyed after nader shah invasion
@@plutoniumisotope205 Well he means From the Beginning Of whole Mess in The Sub Continent
Good thing they did and we got Pakistan as our country, Pleased to be not part of toxic country like India
@@MuhammadUsamaQamar Congratulations ! Porkistan zindabad !
@@MuhammadUsamaQamar British looted both our countries, if you are happy with Pakistan be happy but don't justify British Raj
This, to me, was a war even more devastating than the second battle of Panipat which Hemu lost to Akbar. Marathas had recovered almost all the territory lost over centuries to Mughals and could've decisively paved the way for a modern republic with help of Anti-British European powers. They clearly had naval prowess to crush the Portuguese who were a predominant power at the time themselves.
Regardless of the outcome, Britishers had already become a major player in Indian affairs so it would be foolish to assume that they wouldn't have leveraged their sway but this battle undoubtedly made their task easy. It was out of sheer stupidity and arrogance that Marathas lost this battle because they were supremely poised to win it. Those who don't learn from their past are bound to repeat it.
History, eh?
I don't know about stupidity but they sure were arrogance and this battles also prove why that is. You see they value bravery and speed as their main motto.
@@Abhishek-sr2pu Just to point out one thing.
Durrani head Abdali was watching everything and monitoring the situation from far behind while the Sadashiv Rao was literally blazing in within enemy masses with his 'Har Har Mahadev'.
How more brave but also arrogant can one be!
@MAA RKK Abdali. Roa even died
@MAA RKK Abdali won the battle, British won entirety of India
Marathas were divided and was not centrally administered that the problem they had and each individual sardar wage war against neighbors thus not gaining enough support during the war .
Biggest mistake done by marathas were breaking their own strategy of war and bringing women's with them which made there moves slow.
Ibrahim Gardi was a good general and fought till the end, but hindu commanders doubted him in the battle
Civilians thought it's just another easy military campaign. It was mistake of Maratha leaders letting civilians join military campaign in north.
True. as also Logistics Logistics Logistics
Their supply lines were stretched and untenable. To add the Rajputana def. had no liking for them due to their extortionist chauth system. It was a terrible debacle that then took the likes of Mahadji Shinde and rest to recover for one last time. Savage times!
Sikhs rescued them later so nothing to worry though
@@jaipreetsingh6566 Sikhs had no role in the war, only jatt ruler surajmal and his wife came forward to help
Maratha Peshwa Madhavrao Bhat recaptured Delhi in 1772AD recaptured Panipat in 1770AD defeated the betrayer race Rohillas in 1767AD defeated Portuguese at Goa in 1762AD at the age of 16 , Defeats Nizam at the age of 16 in 1762AD but dies due to Tuberculosis in 1772AD after that Marathas never expanded further coz their was no good succesor So after 1808 Maratha Power decreased due to rise in feudal power I guess if Brits didn't intervene their would have had been many provincial empires after the last Good Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao
@Tariq ibn ziyad Cope harder
More then 500 princely state like satara jhasi
Exactly people who downplay maratha empire usually hold panipat battle in high regard but maratha empire declined way after death of Madhavrao peshwa who was young but great leader not due to the loss of panipat empire
It shook the Maratha control of north India for a while ,
But within 10 yrs, By 1771 , Under Mahadji Shinde , that Marathas again launched a punitive expedition and took over domination of Delhi again
The afghans were gone , n Rohillas were defeated
Infact Mahadji dug up the Grave of Najib khan Rohilla n scattered the remains
Yea but that ended the maratha stronghold on India, after which they were shadow of former self.
@@ozymandias6644 It greatly reduced Afghan power as well . They won coz of strategy n numerical advantage , but suffered heavy loses. They did not invade India again , as I said by 1771 Marathas were in control of North again . Later by 1801 Maharaja Ranjit singh established an empire over Punjab . Then the British came etc etc
Pretty disgusting move I must say. To dig up an enemy's body after his death to insult him.
@@whiteknight8734 They had tortured and killed his brother in Panipat, besides slaughtered atleast 40-50 000 pilgrims , and taken 22,000 woman n children as slaves . The Jihadis deserved this and far worst
@@bunty55555 one man’s shitty doing doesn’t justify another one’s, mate. And calm down with your xenophobic slurs!
One of the best channels on youtube. Great work sir. Keep it up 😊😊😊
Dear Kings and Generals,
While Indian names are understandably foreign and complex, please try to at least get the vowels right. It'd help immensely, even if you mispronounce the retroflex consonants. As an example the 'bad' in Hyderabad isn't pronounced like the English word, but with an open a as in Arctic. This 'open' a (or [aː] for IPA enthusiasts) also appears in marAthA, bAlAji and durrAni. The effort required is small (There are less than 20 vowels on the Hindi phonology wiki page), but the effect would be significant.
Thanks for the superb videos! xx
We should not get into such trivial matters ....the fact that his content and knowledge is better than some indians is what that matters..come on, we are tolerant enough
The funny thing is 9 out of 10 european languages would pronounce it correctly by instinct. Really only english turns an "a" into a spoken "e".
While I like the english language itself, I assume it's the worst one to correctly reflect others phonetically.
@@michaelwiesinger2643 Stimmt, obwohl Englisch eine schöne Sprache ist fehlt es einfach dabei eine vernünftige Orthographie. Deswegen ist Englisch ja die einzige Sprache wo Buchstabierung ein Wettbewerb ist.
Ahom Kingdom of North Eastern India and the Japanese kingdom was only kingdom who was never defeated . Mughals tried to invade North Eastern India more than 200 times but always got defeated. I'm proud of it and proud to be a North Eastern Indian.
Ahoms were defeated and genocided
@@ITzzBota that was after all those 200 battles
I don't think they attacked 200 times though but ahom did Def the Mughals many times. :D
@@knightofgodserventofholymo7500 there weren't any 200 battles
@@Abhishek-sr2pu Burma destroyed ahoms
SubhanAllah..As a Muslim from India, proud to see that marathas were defeated time and again from the Muslim army.. now again they are on the rise
Panipat 3 was Maratha vs Afghan + Hindustani muslaman. Inka halwa bana diya 😂😂
@@indiafirst3676 Abdali lived in Delhi Red fort for two months 🤔 In 1762 he destroyed sikhs in Amritar when they started to attack his forces.
@@indiafirst3676 only some Muslims rulers were outsiders. Not all Muslims of India are outsiders. They were all Hindus before 7th century. After this they embarrassed Islam and now they're Muslims
@@shaad1628 allah 🤣🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
Actually Marathas defeated Mughal muslim army time and again and that's why they grew!? What did you see in the video?😂😂
Strange thing history is. Once enemies maybe but now we are good friends. India Afghan Friendship Zindaabad.
Jai Afghanistan jai hind.
@Вхламинго average afgans are friendly and humble.
@Вхламинго what are you trying to prove?
@Вхламинго yes many Afghan kings plundered India but we have relations with them from ancient times and it's going good now. Their country is suffering hopefully improves more
Afgans were too part of Indian subcontinent technically I would consider them just another empire of india than a foreign power though they were brutal
I have read numerous books & articles on the 3rd Battle of Panipat as my great grand father had also participated in it on Ahmad Shah Abdali's side. This documentary happens to be the best I have ever seen/read. Great upload. Thanks for sharing.
@Advait Kolhatkar lmao😂😂
finally i felt heard.
I KNOW
Had the Marathas not fought Ahmad Shah Abdali OR had Ahmad shah Abdali not defeated the Marthas, India would have not been colonized by the British and Afghanistan would be peaceful and free from British and American interference. In other words, Afghans and Marathas could have been friends and defeat the British.
Afghanistan already defeated Britishers all alone but India failed to do that because India divide and rule policy. Britishers made Hindus and muslims enemies of each other. But Afghanistan was among few nation which never captured by European
There was no India, as you know it today. It is a creation of the British colonialists. If the British has not come and colonized it, there would be more than three countries in South Asia.
@@Kohestani_ bro all the civilisation states of the world were divided into political kingdoms 🤣, stop yr stuid comments , akbar declared himself king of hindustan what was that hindistan your papa?
@@Kohestani_ akbar ashoka, maurya aurangzeb and many others ruled the entire india
@@mohammedakram3953alexander the great: u sure about that?
When will the afghan-Anglo wars be done? Especially the first one with the British retreat
yes please this one!
Same bro we are also waiting anglo-mysore and anglo-marathas wars👍.
Winston Maraj lmao don’t worry about us. We can choose who can and can’t rule us. We are an independent people and if we don’t like our government, we can change them in a day unlike others who were ruled by foreigners for thausands of years.
Warrior empires whatever he is, it’s stupid lol
I'm Poppy Pakistan has played a big game but look at it. Their population will reach 400 million by 2040 while they already have no water. Soon their biggest enemy will be droughts. Afghanistan is building dams on the Kabul river which feeds all of western and northern Pakistan. I’m afraid a very terrible time is coming for that part of the world
The news of this disaster was relayed to the Maratha Peshwa {a sort of Shogun) as "2 pearls dissolved (his cousin Sadashivrao & son Vishwasrao), 27 gold coins lost (senior generals), while the silver & copper couldn't be counted}
@Nyet Matchbox Yep.But do read abt Madhavrao.....That one was a god...
@Nyet Matchbox direct sang na bhawa tu marathi aahe ffs,,,,,
@Nyet Matchbox why tf did u say dakshin Bharat
@Nyet Matchbox anyway sry just thought you were a maratha
Peshwa is not shogun
Its always incredible to know more unknown history...
Continue with your good and amazing work ...
Much needed, thanks man
Here's some brilliant 300+IQ moves to make as a general for a medieval army.
1) Underestimate your enemy
2) Overestimate your forces
3) Belittle the allies on whom you depend for money, supplies, intelligence and forces.
4) Send the guy who has no experience in the region to fight there.
5) Disrespect local traditions and heritage.
6) Best of all, bring along thousands or rather hundreds of thousands of pilgrims with you.
The Third Battle of Panipat exposed the Maratha Confederacy. It was opportunism and pragmatism that won them their political prominence.
It was quick campaigns, through cavalry marches, under Bajirao that won them their military honours.
Yet, whenever an enemy faced them, with equal arms and strength, on the open field in a pitched battle, their performance was wanting.
@@fxllen6159 the later Marathas tried to incorporate European mercenaries, military adventurers, new technology and drill into their infantry and artillery, but they simply weren't predisposed for the kind of modernisation necessary to confront the British, or even the Mughals or Mysore during their hayday.
The Sikhs were successful in doing the same but they lost due to poor leadership at the operational level.
@@SaiKiran-fd3gq lol. Mysore under Hyder Ali invented the rockets, which were later on perfected by the British. You realise that right?
And the Mughals up until the death of Aurangzeb were more or less up to par with Europe in terms of technology.
The move from Matchlock to Flintlock began around 1690-1700.
And Indian Matchlocks were heavier and longer than their European counterparts, which made them more accurate and stable.
Mughal cannons were on par with Europe, especially the light canons impressed many European observers.
As far as the Marathas, ruling the entire country? Are you forgetting that the Marathas fought amongst themselves more often than they fought against outsiders.
The Holkars, the Scindias and the Peshwas and the Bhonsles are bound to fight for supremacy and destroy themselves in the process.
With Ranjit Singh, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Hyder Ali and Siraj-ud-Daulah in the mix, the chances of the Maratha Empire expanding anywhere beyond what it was during the Third Battle of Panipat were slim.
Not to mention the Rajputs, who would rather die to the last man than bend their knee to the Scindias, as proven in the battles of Lalsot and Merta.
In conclusion, the Marathas would have never expanded beyond the limits of their Confederacy in 1760.
They were far too militarily conservative, they had powerful Sardars within the Confederacy whose personalities and actions have proven them incapable of working under centralised control.
And even if you take away the British, Awadh under Shuja-ud-Daulah, Rohillkhand, Benares under the Narayan Brahmin Dynasty, Siraj-ud-Daulah in Bengal, Ranjit Singh in Punjab and the Rajputs, were not going to simply allow the Marathas to march upto the Ganga and the Sindhu and rule over them.
@@fxllen6159 don't know what the context of your comment is but yeah, I agree.
Poor Nizam he tried to conquer India but he failed several times and also paid tax several times to his enemies 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol i was literally laughing again and again because he was trying soo hard..ye ..hats off to his determination
At the time of indeoendence nizam was the richest man in the world at that time.
And in the year 1965 /67 HE GAVE 5000 KG gold to indian defence.. not for ruling just for helping his country..
At the time of indeoendence nizam was the richest man in the world at that time.
And in the year 1965 /67 HE GAVE 5000 KG gold to indian defence.. not for ruling just for helping his country..
@@mohammedfasi2227 Yes, you are right but if he helped the Maratha empire as Tipu sultan did the British won't ruled India.
@Surya 😂😂😂😂
Marathas🤝Rajputs🤝Jaats🤝Sikhs No more brother wars!
Yes
=india
keep crying. Sikhs dont mess with hindues.
@@syedkhalil9630 yes they dont mess with us coz both of us are brothers
Still once a loser always a loser
We south Indians always proud our brother marathas since satavahana as they were stood strongly till 18th century most of the places in south not influenced by islam!
Inshallah Islam will spread in south India in the wars of GHAZWA(hind).
@@indiafirst3676 only islam no Hinduism
@@indiafirst3676 mauryas never ruled south India
@@indiafirst3676 southern Karnataka, 90% of Tamil Nadu, all of Kerala and even parts of Andhra were never ruled by the Mauryans
@@indiafirst3676 no they didn't, no Edicts or inscriptions mention the Cholas Cheras and pandas paying tribute to the mauryans
Thank you for doing more battles outside of Europe
Thank you for covering historic battles in India. I can only imagine the amount of research work you have put into this. Well done.
Thanks for bringing this ❤️❤️ we request more videos on Mughal - Maratha conflict too.....
800 straight years of war. No wonder we Indians were so poor when the British left
The subcontinent become the economic superpower and manufacturer under Mughal.....
@ManishaAutade-ib8bc in propaganda movies?
छत्रपतीं शिवाजीमहाराजांचा🙏 विजय 🚩 असो
@Mr Sultan allh hu fukbar 😂
@@gamesmackdown1571 😂
Allah hu fukbar
@@gamesmackdown1571 oh mama lingaya
@@Master-fi3ci oh rama lingaya
Really love the indian history videos of this channel. Hope to see more of it in the future!
This is the only battle where India had chance if won to push its borders all over Afghanistan.🇮🇳🚩respect The Great Maratha Empire🚩
Mate think over it again its not easy to extend your border to Afghanistan.Pathans never have been easy enemies
@Benjamin Franklin Pathans never surrendered no one was able to assert their control for longer after all we arent a different specie.
@Heiwajima Shizuo Mate they did conquer a small portion of us and even that portion of us that they captured never submitted to their rule.
@Benjamin Franklin They were pretty much overlords no one was able to establish absolute rule over these lands even the local dynasties,let alone the outsiders.
I love *Hindu-India* from Myanmar. Undefeated King Shivaji is my favorite Hindu King.