| The First Rohilla War | |||||||||
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| Part of Rohilla Wars | |||||||||
 Rohilla cavalry | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Rohilkhand |
.svg){kind=small} British East India Company | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nawab Muhammad Yar Khan of Bareilly † |
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.
- ^ Robert Nichols (2008). A History of Pashtun Migration, 1775-2006. ISBN 978-0-19-547600-2.
Indian-born "Rohillas"