There have been such tremendous and desperate attempts to criticise Shrimant Sadashivrao Bhausaheb and Shrimant Vishwasrao for the so-called loss of Panipat that it makes one wonder the veracity of such claims. To this, some people will come up with examples of accounts usually in the school textbooks that describe Panipat-3 in one paragraph. They cite the following reasons for the loss of Marathas. 1. Bhausaheb went ill-prepared 2. He lacked the diplomatic and strategic skills. 3. He took his wife Parvatibai with him, instead of concubines. 4. Shrimant Vishwasrao was some 17 year old lad who knew nothing about "battle". 5. Bhausaheb jumped from his elephant after Vishwasrao fell. 6. This move spread panic and Bhausaheb couldn't control himself . 7. He fought without any strategy and senselessly. 8. He couldn't go back to Pune because Nanasaheb had warned him not to return without his son Vishwasrao. 9. Malharrao Holkar was a old wise man...
