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Q.

Which of the following is/are considered as the reason of Maratha’s defeat in the Third Battle of Panipat?

1. Famine like conditions prevailed in the Maratha camp at Panipat.

2. All the Muslims power of northern India rallied to the side of Ahmed Shah Abdali, the Marathas had to fight alone.

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. By January 1761 the Maratha army and its supporters were suffering famine under siege conditions, and they were obliged to start the offensive. Ahmad Shah's victory was decisive and the slaughter enormous.

Statement 2 is correct. In 1760 the Marathas occupied Delhi. Marthas having already conquered Punjab, offering a serious threat to the Muslim domination of the north of India. Their leader Viswas Rao was being advised by Sadasiva Bhau who organized the Maratha army under his generalship to oppose them an army was formed by a Muslim alliance between Shuja' al-Daula of Oudh, Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Rohilla Afghans. Under the threat the Sadashiv Bhau fixed his camp and headquarters at Panipat in October 1760.

Thus, Option C is Correct.

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