battle can be traced to the rise of the Maratha empire… which brought it into direct conflict with the Durrani empire of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Afghanistan. By 1755, the Marathas were the dominant ...

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.