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First Battle of Katwa

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First Battle of Katwa
Part of Maratha invasions of Bengal
Date1742
Location
Result Bengal Subah victory
Belligerents
Bengal Subah  Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
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 Unknown

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.[1]

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  1. ^ 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.