modern India · Maratha
Battle of Kharda
The confederate Maratha army defeated the Nizam and imposed a settlement, marking one of the last major united Maratha victories.
Date1795 CE
LocationKharda, Maharashtra
OutcomeMaratha victory
VictorMaratha Confederacy
DefeatedHyderabad State
CommandersParashuram Bhau Patwardhan, Nizam Ali Khan
UPSC relevance
High relevance for late eighteenth-century Maratha power and the politics of Hyderabad.
The visual decisiveness bar on the explorer is an editorial study aid, not a troop-strength or casualty estimate.