Second Battle of Katwa

Second Battle of Katwa
	Part of Fifth Maratha invasion of Bengal
Date	December 1745
Location	Katwa
Result	Decisive Bengali victory Mughal re-annexation of Orissa; Maratha retreat towards Medinipur;
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Bengal Subah File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNG Nawab of Bengal; ;	Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNG Alivardi Khan Raja Gopal Singha Dev;	Raghuji Bhonsle ; Mir Habib
Strength
File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNG unknown	20,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Second Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal and Maratha Empire in December 1745. After the defeats of the Marathas in the first four invasions of Bengal (see Maratha invasions of Bengal), the Maratha General and ruler of Nagpur, Raghuji Bhonsle again invaded the territory of Bengal. Bhonsle, with 20,000 horsemen attacked the civilians of Murshidabad and moved onwards to Katwa^[2] The Marathas later moved towards Medinipur.^[1]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ড. মুহম্মদ আব্দুর রহিম. বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাস. আলীবর্দী ও মারাঠা আক্রমণ. পৃ. ২৯৬.
↑ Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0.

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[r1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ড. মুহম্মদ আব্দুর রহিম. বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাস. আলীবর্দী ও মারাঠা আক্রমণ. পৃ. ২৯৬.

[katwa-2] Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0.

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