Maratha Empire MCQs with Answers

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The last ruler of the Maratha Empire was Shrimant Peshwa Baji Rao-II, who was defeated by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818).

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Mahadji Shinde was the Maratha leader who revived Maratha power in North India a decade after the disastrous Third Battle of Panipat (1761).

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The first ruler of the Maratha Empire was Shivaji Bhosale-I, who was crowned Chhatrapati in 1674 at Raigad Fort.

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The Peshwa dynasty of the Marathas was founded by Balaji Vishwanath, who became the first hereditary Peshwa in 1713.

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The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was fought during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Hastings.

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The Third Anglo-Maratha War was fought between 1805 and 1818, ending with the defeat of the Maratha Confederacy and the annexation of their territories by the British East India Company.

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Lahore was captured in 1758 by the Maratha forces under Raghunath Rao during their northward expansion.

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The Maratha Empire occupied Punjab in 1758 under Raghunath Rao, driving out the Afghan forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali.