Maratha invasions of Bengal
| Maratha Invasions of Bengal | |||||||||
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| Part of Decline of the Mughal Empire | |||||||||
A Maratha Ditch, constricted around forts and factories as protection against Maratha raids | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Bengal Subah | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Raghoji I Bhaskar Pandit X Janoji Bhonsle Sabaji Bhonsle Mir Habib (Defector) |
Alivardi Khan Mir Jafar Chitrasen Rai Rai Durlabh Ghulam Mustafa Khan Ataullah Khan Zainuddin Ahmed X Abdus Salam Sheikh Masum † Syed Ahmed Khan | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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40,000 (in 1742) 12,000 (in 1748) |
15,000 cavalry 8,000 musketeers (in 1748) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Dutch East India Company factory in Bengal, estimated that 400,000 civilians in Western Bengal and Bihar died in the overall conflict. | |||||||||
The Maratha invasions of Bengal (1742–1751), were the a series of raids by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar, parts of modern Orissa), after the successful campaign in the Carnatic region at the Battle of Trichinopoly. The campaigns were carried out under Raghoji Bhonsle of Nagpur. Between April 1742 to March 1751, the Marathas invaded Bengal many times, causing widespread economic losses in the Bengal Subah.