Maratha–Sikh clashes
| Maratha–Sikh clashes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Maratha Confederacy Mughal Empire Rohillas (till 1787) |
Sikh Confederacy Patiala state Rohillas(from 1787) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mahadaji Shinde Rane Khan George Thomas Ambaji Ingle Madho Rao Phalke Bapu Malhar Jivba 'Dada' Kerkar Dhar Rao Rayaji Patil Devji Gavle Shah Alam II Ghulam Kadir (til 1787) |
Sahib Singh of Patiala Bibi Sahib Kaur Raja Bhag Singh Gurdat Singh Tara Singh Ghaiba Sahib Singh Bhanga Singh of Thanesar Ghulam Kadir (after 1787) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 | 7,000–9,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Maratha–Sikh clashes of 1766–1798 were a series of intermittent conflicts between the Maratha Empire and the Sikh Confederacy, primarily in Northern India. These confrontations were concentrated in the Cis-Sutlej territories and the Upper Gangetic Doab.
Hostilities were largely initiated by the Sikhs, who sought to raid the Upper Doab and Delhi for plunder. Opposing them were the Marathas, who not only aimed to consolidate their northern dominions after their recovery from the defeat at Panipat in 1761 and to protect their Mughal puppet Emperor Shah Alam II from the Sikh raids but also extend their influence up to Satluj.