भारतीय इतिहास के प्रसिद्द युद्ध / पानीपत का तीसरा युद्ध

Date 14 January 1761 Location Panipat, modern-day Haryana, India 29.39°N 76.97°E Result Durrani victory Territorial changes Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy during the Third Battle of Panipat, causing them to retreat back to the Deccan, and restored the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II.[6]
Belligerents
Durrani Empire Supported by[show]	Maratha Empire Various Pindaris
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Shah Durrani Timur Shah Durrani Wazir Wali Khan[7] Jahan Khan[7] Shah Pasand Khan[7] Supported by[show]	Sadashivrao Bhau † Vishwasrao † Malharrao Holkar(deserter) Mahadji Shinde(deserter) Ibrahim Khan Gardi (POW)  Jankoji Shinde † Bhivrao Panse † Bhoite † Purandare † Vinchurkar † Sidoji Gharge †
Strength
42,000 cavalry 38,000 infantry 10,000 reserves 4,000 personal guards 5,000 Qizilbash 120–130 pieces of cannon large numbers of irregulars totally an army of 100,000.	40,000 cavalry 15,000 infantry(divided to 9 battalyons of Gardi rifle infantry)[9] 15,000 Pindaris 200 pieces of artillery. The force was accompanied by 300,000 non-combatants (pilgrims and camp-followers) totally an army of 70,000.
Casualties and losses
Estimates between 20,000 and 40,000 combatants killed.[10][11]	Estimates between 30,000 and 40,000 combatants killed in the battle. Another 40,000-70,000 non-combatants massacred following the battle.

पानीपत का तीसरा युद्ध मराठा सेना और अफ़ग़ानिस्तान के राजा अहमद अब्दाली और उसके साथियों के बीच में घटित हुआ था |इस युद्ध में अहमदशाह ने मराठाओं को हरा उन्हें डेक्कन की तरफ प्रस्थान करने पर मजबूर किया |