THE THIRD BATTLE OF PANIPAT: SOME INTERESTING FACTS

• The most important Abdali gun was named the Zamzama. It was immortalised as 'Kims' Gun'. It is on display at the Lahore Museum.
• The Maratha army camp also included some 1,50,000 pilgrims who wanted to visit Mathura and other religious places.
• Ahmed Shah tried to set up a rule at Delhi with the help of the Rohillas. However, the summer heat and internal squabbling proved his undoing and he retreated back to Afghanistan appointing Shah Alam II, a Mughal prince as the ruler of Delhi.
• The Marathas regrouped their armies and planned to attack Delhi, but before that could happen, Ahmed Shah had withdrawn his army.
• The Marathas had brought Shah Alam under their control.