Why Marathas defeated after Mughal decline (7)

• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 1st paragraph: Marathas emerged as strong rivals to the Mughal rule. They ruled a greater part of India than Mughals from 1674 to 1818. Their victorious journey began in 1737 when they defeated the Mughal army outside Delhi and soon they were ruling several parts of northern India up to Bengal. By the middle of 18th century they were the most powerful people in India. However, in the absence of a sustainable administrative system they too like Mughals found it difficult to govern such a huge area effectively. The central government gradually began to lose its control over many provinces.
• 2nd paragraph: Maratha families driven by lust for short term power started allying themselves with the local rulers instead of remaining loyal to the Peshwa seated in Pune. This weakened their power over state affairs and they became victims of disunity and disloyalty. Bajirao-II, the son of Raghunathrao was an inefficient Peshwa. He failed in uniting the Maratha Sardars and internal conflict among the Sardars weakened the power of the Marathas in various parts of their kingdom.
• 2nd paragraph: Maratha families driven by lust for short term power started allying themselves with the local rulers instead of remaining loyal to the Peshwa seated in Pune. This weakened their power over state affairs and they became victims of disunity and disloyalty. Bajirao-II, the son of Raghunathrao was an inefficient Peshwa. He failed in uniting the Maratha Sardars and internal conflict among the Sardars weakened the power of the Marathas in various parts of their kingdom.
• 2nd paragraph: Maratha families driven by lust for short term power started allying themselves with the local rulers instead of remaining loyal to the Peshwa seated in Pune. This weakened their power over state affairs and they became victims of disunity and disloyalty. Bajirao-II, the son of Raghunathrao was an inefficient Peshwa. He failed in uniting the Maratha Sardars and internal conflict among the Sardars weakened the power of the Marathas in various parts of their kingdom.
• 2nd paragraph: Maratha families driven by lust for short term power started allying themselves with the local rulers instead of remaining loyal to the Peshwa seated in Pune. This weakened their power over state affairs and they became victims of disunity and disloyalty. Bajirao-II, the son of Raghunathrao was an inefficient Peshwa. He failed in uniting the Maratha Sardars and internal conflict among the Sardars weakened the power of the Marathas in various parts of their kingdom.
• 2nd paragraph continued: Another Peshwa Madhavrao granted semi-autonomy to the strongest of Sardars and created a confederacy of Maratha states. This policy also backfired and with time the semi-autonomous Sardars became fully autonomous.
• 2nd paragraph continued: Another Peshwa Madhavrao granted semi-autonomy to the strongest of Sardars and created a confederacy of Maratha states. This policy also backfired and with time the semi-autonomous Sardars became fully autonomous.
• 3rd paragraph: The Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas in the third and last battle of Panipat in 1761. Abdali’s army had 41,800 cavalry and 38,000 infantry along with other troops. The Marathan army comprised 55,000 cavalry with only 15,000 infantry. Abdali, a military genius, used his numerically superior army with great tactics and inflicted defeat on the Marathas.
• 3rd paragraph: The Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas in the third and last battle of Panipat in 1761. Abdali’s army had 41,800 cavalry and 38,000 infantry along with other troops. The Marathan army comprised 55,000 cavalry with only 15,000 infantry. Abdali, a military genius, used his numerically superior army with great tactics and inflicted defeat on the Marathas.
• 3rd paragraph: The Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas in the third and last battle of Panipat in 1761. Abdali’s army had 41,800 cavalry and 38,000 infantry along with other troops. The Marathan army comprised 55,000 cavalry with only 15,000 infantry. Abdali, a military genius, used his numerically superior army with great tactics and inflicted defeat on the Marathas.
• 3rd paragraph: The Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas in the third and last battle of Panipat in 1761. Abdali’s army had 41,800 cavalry and 38,000 infantry along with other troops. The Marathan army comprised 55,000 cavalry with only 15,000 infantry. Abdali, a military genius, used his numerically superior army with great tactics and inflicted defeat on the Marathas.
• 3rd paragraph continued: They lost several soldiers and leaders including the Peshwa. This marked an end of the Marathan ambitions. The British intervened in 1775 in Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune. This led to three Anglo-Maratha wars, 1775 to 1818. Finally, by 1818, the British had completely defeated them.
• 3rd paragraph continued: They lost several soldiers and leaders including the Peshwa. This marked an end of the Marathan ambitions. The British intervened in 1775 in Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune. This led to three Anglo-Maratha wars, 1775 to 1818. Finally, by 1818, the British had completely defeated them.
• 3rd paragraph continued: They lost several soldiers and leaders including the Peshwa. This marked an end of the Marathan ambitions. The British intervened in 1775 in Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune. This led to three Anglo-Maratha wars, 1775 to 1818. Finally, by 1818, the British had completely defeated them.
• 3rd paragraph continued: They lost several soldiers and leaders including the Peshwa. This marked an end of the Marathan ambitions. The British intervened in 1775 in Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune. This led to three Anglo-Maratha wars, 1775 to 1818. Finally, by 1818, the British had completely defeated them.
• 3rd paragraph continued: They lost several soldiers and leaders including the Peshwa. This marked an end of the Marathan ambitions. The British intervened in 1775 in Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune. This led to three Anglo-Maratha wars, 1775 to 1818. Finally, by 1818, the British had completely defeated them.