Second Battle of Katwa


The Second Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal Nawabs and the Maratha Empire in 1745.

Second Battle of Katwa
Part of Fifth Maratha invasion of Bengal
DateDecember 1745
Location
Katwa
Result Bengal victory
Belligerents

Bengal Subah

Maratha Empire

  • Nagpur State
Commanders and leaders
Alivardi Khan Raghuji Bhonsale
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Bengal had repelled a Maratha invasion three years earlier in 1742. The Maratha ruler of Nagpur, Raghuji Bhonsle, tried again in 1745, when he succeeded in occupying Orissa before his force of 20,000 horsemen ravaged Murshidabad and moved onwards to Katwa. There he was defeated by the Bengal army of Alivardi Khan.[1]

See also

References
  1. Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.


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