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'''Bhausahebanchi [[Bakhar]]''' is a narrative of the [[Third Battle of Panipat|Battle of Panipat]] fought in 1761 between the [[Maratha Empire]] and the [[Durrani Empire]] of [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]].It is written in [[Marathi language]].According to some historians, the author of the book annonymous,<ref name="Prachi_Creative">{{cite book|last=Deshpande|first=Prachi |title=Creative pasts: historical memory and identity in western India, 1700-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FdJnnDhSwC&pg=PA78|accessdate=3 June 2011|year=2007|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12486-7|pages=19–39}}</ref> but other historians have named one Krishnaji Shamrao as the author.Given the vivid descriptions, it is believed that Shamrao may have witnessed the battle.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Mukherji |editor-first1=Sujit |title=A dictionary of Indian literature: beginnings-1850 |date=1998 |publisher=Orient Longman |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-250-1453-5 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&dq=bhausahebanchi+bakhar&pg=PA1 |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref> According to K.N. Sane, the tilt and favorable remarks towards some characters in narrative is suggestive of Shamrao being an official of the [[Scindia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Deshpande |first1=Sunita |title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of MARATHI LITERATURE Volume 1 |date=2007 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-8220-222-1 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrR9D_ydGwoC&dq=bhausahebanchi+bakhar&pg=PA1 |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:History of India]]
[[Category:Panipat]]
[[Category:Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:Durrani Empire]]
[[Category:Marathi language]]
[[Category:Marathi-language literature]]
[[Category:Bakhars]]

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