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| First Battle of Katwa | |||||||
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| Part of Maratha invasions of Bengal | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Bengal Subah |
 Maratha Confederacy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ali-Vardi Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Mirza Beg |
 Bhaskar Pant Rudrasimha Pindari Shesh Rao Gusain Mir Habib | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 12,000 | ||||||
| Deccan wars | |
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The First Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal Subah and Maratha Confederacy in 1742. The Marathas under Raghoji initially attacked and captured Katwa and Hooghly in Bengal. The Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan, using conscripted tribal and peasant levies from Birbhum, responded with a direct attack on the Maratha camp at Katwa from the rear in nightfall and the entire Maratha Army was evacuated out of Bengal on 17 September 1742, believing a much larger force had charged them. The Maratha commander Bhaskar Pant was treacherously killed.
See also
- First Battle of Katwa
- Battle of Burdwan
- Maratha invasions of Bengal
- Second Battle of Katwa
- Battle of Birbhum
- Second Battle of Midnapur
References
- Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
