January 14, 1761—a day when the sun rose over Panipat but set on an era of Maratha supremacy. The Third Battle of Panipat was not merely a military engagement; it was a catastrophic storm that ...

The Sena (UBT) chief termed Amit Shah as political heir of Ahmad Shah Abdali, who set up the Durrani empire in Afghanistan in 1747 and defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat.