Which two sides fought in third battle of panipat in india?

Question

Which two sides fought in third battle of panipat in india?

Answer 1

Should this have been asked in the History section ?

Answer 2

According to Wikipedia it was the Marathas and the Afghanistan calvary: here's the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_P...

Answer 3

My fast friend Narendra tells me it was the east vs. the west!

Is he right?

Answer 4

The Third Battle of Panipat took place on January 14, 1761 at Panipat (Haryana State, India), situated at 29.39° N 76.97° E about 80 miles (130 km) north of Delhi. The battle pitted the French-supplied[1] and trained artillery of the Marathas against the light cavalry of the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as 'Ahmad Shah Abdali'.