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.

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