UPSC Prelims · 2010 · GS Paper I · Q139
What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat ?
- (A)He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore
- (B)The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab
- (C)He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
- (D)He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
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Answer: (A) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Marathas, Later Mughals & Regional Powers
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