Two years ago, I found a contemporary news article about the Battle of Panipat, published on 23rd November 1761, in ‘The Caledonian Mercury’ newspaper from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The news is as follows –
“The Maharatta’s, of late so powerful and troublesome, have received a most severe blow from the Patans, in a battle near Delly, the 6th of January last; it is said, near 100,000 of them fell that day.”
From this news, we understand that during that time, the Marathas’ power in the Indian subcontinent was growing, and this was bothering the British to some extent. However, at the same time, they were cleverly keeping a close watch on all the events happening here from Britain.
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