First Rohilla War

The First Rohilla War
Part of Rohilla Wars

Rohilla cavalry
Date1773–1774
Location
Result British and Oudh State's victory, Treaty of Lal Dang
Territorial
changes
Annexation of the Kingdom of Rohilkhand and the creation of the Rampur princely state.
Belligerents
Kingdom of Rohilkhand

Oudh State
Supported by:

British East India Company
Commanders and leaders

Nawab Faizullah Khan of Rohilkhand

Hafiz Rehmat Khan Barech  

Nawab Muhammad Yar Khan of Bareilly 

Shuja-ud-Daulah

Warren Hastings

Colonel Alexander Champion

The First Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a punitive campaign by Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh on the behalf of Mughal Emperor, against the Rohillas, Indian descendants of Afghan highlanders settled in Rohilkhand,[1] northern India. The Nawab was supported by troops of the British East India Company, in a successful campaign brought about by the Rohillas reneging on a debt to the Nawab.

  1. ^ Robert Nichols (2008). A History of Pashtun Migration, 1775-2006. ISBN 978-0-19-547600-2. Indian-born "Rohillas"