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First Battle of Katwa
Part of Second Maratha invasion of Bengal
Date 1744 CE Location Katwa Result Nawab victory
Belligerents
Bengal Subah	Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ali-Vardi Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Mirza Beg	Bhaskar Pant Rudrasimha Pindari Shesh Rao Gusain Mir Habib
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The First Battle of Katwa occurred between the Bengal Subah and Maratha Empire in 1744. The Marathas initially attacked and captured Katwa and Hooghly in Bengal. The Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan, using conscripted tribal and peasant levies from Birbhum, responded with a direct attack on the Maratha camp at Katwa from the rear in nightfall and the entire Maratha Army was evacuated out of Bengal on 17 September 1742, believing a much larger force had charged them. The Maratha commander Bhaskar Pant was trecherously killed. ^[1]

See also

• Battle of Burdwan
• Maratha invasions of Bengal
• Second Battle of Katwa

References