Solstice at Panipat, 14 January 1761 : an authentic account of the Panipat campaign

The book is an Authentic Account of the Campaign of Panipat in the Non Fiction format. It has 312 plus 32 preliminary pages and eight art pages with twenty colour photographs. The cover is a print of an original 18th century painting of the Maratha school taken from the Raja Kelkar Museum. The book has an Index, Glossary, Bibliography, References, Appendices, Notes to Illustrations, Introduction to Principal Characters, Timeline, Genealogies, Foreword and 26 maps through the book explaining the text in lucid detail. 'Solstice at Panipat' is an authentic account of the third battle of Panipat fought between the Marathas and the Afghans on 14 January 1761. The sun stood still as the mighty powers clashed for the empire of India in the killing fields of Panipat. Hundreds of thousands of men died in twelve hours in their titanic struggle for supremacy. One of them emerged victorious; yet it was a pyrrhic victory. This is that story, researched meticulously by Uday S.Kulkarni from scores of primary and secondary sources in English, Persian and marathi, spread across many tomes dating back to the 17th century. With a foreword by Ninad Bedekar, over two dozen maps and several colour photographs of personalities and locations; it is a lucid and balanced account of the last battle of Panipat. By Uday S. Kulkarni. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [260]-277) And Index.