"The Marathas are the thorn of Hindostan.... by one effort we get this thorn out of our sides for ever."
— Ahmed Shah Durrani

January 1, 1970

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Smith, The Oxford History of India, 462. Quoted from Spencer, Robert (2018). The history of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS.