The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.

The Maratha Empire, sometimes known as Hindavi Swarajya, and later referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern empire in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former and nominal loyalty to the Chhatrapatis who were successors of the founder of the empire, the great — Shivaji Maharaj.