The Maratha Empire was a Hindu-led power in India that arose in the Deccan under Shivaji Bhonsle, who fought against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and the Sultanates of Bijapur and Golconda. Shivaji was crowned as Chhatrapati, or sovereign, at the fortress of Raigad, which marks the formal beginning of the empire. After Shivaji's death the Marathas continued the fight against the Mughals, and in the eighteenth century the Peshwas, hereditary chief ministers based in Pune, expanded Maratha power across much of the subcontinent. A defeat at the third battle of Panipat in 1761 against an Afghan army halted this expansion, and the British East India Company gradually took over in the Anglo-Maratha wars.
Before and after
- 1673Founding of Worcester
- 1673Construction of Bonde Palace
- 17 February 1673Death of Molière
- 11 November 1673Battle of Khotyn
- from 1674 to 1818Maratha Empire
- from July 1674 to April 1678Messina revolt
- 8 November 1674Death of John Milton
- from 1675 to 1679Scanian War
- 1675Construction of St Paul's Cathedral
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