Maratha invasions of Bengal

Maratha Invasions of Bengal
	Part of Decline of the Mughal Empire
	; A Maratha Ditch, constricted around forts and factories as protection against Maratha raids
Date	April 1742 – March 1751
Location	Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar, parts of modern Orissa)
Territorial; changes	Incorporation of Orissa into the Nagpur State
Belligerents
Maratha Confederacy; Nagpur;	Bengal Subah
Commanders and leaders
Raghoji I; Bhaskar Pandit X ; Janoji Bhonsle ; Sabaji Bhonsle	Alivardi Khan ; Mir Jafar ; Chitrasen Rai ; Rai Durlabh ; Ghulam Mustafa Khan ; Ataullah Khan ; Zainuddin Ahmed ; Abdus Salam ; Sheikh Masum † ; Syed Ahmed Khan
Strength
40,000 (in 1742) ; 12,000 (in 1748)	15,000 Cavalry and 8,000 Musketeers (in 1748)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Maratha invasions of Bengal (1742–1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, were the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar, parts of modern Orissa), after their successful campaign in the Carnatic region at the Battle of Trichinopoly. The leader of the expeditions was Raghoji Bhonsle of Nagpur.^[3] The Marathas invaded Bengal five times from April 1742 to March 1751,^[4] which caused widespread economic losses in the Bengal Subah.

^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (2010). An Advanced History of Modern India. Macmillan India. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-230-32885-3. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2021. In 1751,...promising cession of the province of Orissa...Orissa came under the Bhonsle's control.
^ McLane, John R. (1993). Land and local kinship in eighteenth-century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0521410746.
^ Government of Maharashtra (1974). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Wardha District (2nd ed.). Bombay: Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. p. 63. OCLC 77864804.
^ Cite error: The named reference Mehta2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Sen, Sailendra Nath (2010). An Advanced History of Modern India. Macmillan India. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-230-32885-3. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2021. In 1751,...promising cession of the province of Orissa...Orissa came under the Bhonsle's control.

[2] McLane, John R. (1993). Land and local kinship in eighteenth-century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0521410746.

[Maharashtra1974-3] Government of Maharashtra (1974). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Wardha District (2nd ed.). Bombay: Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. p. 63. OCLC 77864804.

[Mehta2005-4] Cite error: The named reference Mehta2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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