The main reason for the failure of Marathas was that they went to war without uniting Indians.... Though their infantry was based on European style contingent and had some of the best French made guns of the times....They failed to acquire allies in North India..... Their earlier hegemonistic behavior and their political ambitions which led them to loot and plunder, had antagonized all the other powers.... They had interfered in the internal affairs of the Rajputana states (present day Rajasthan) and levied heavy taxes and huge fines on them... They had also made huge territorial and monetary claims upon Awadh. Their raids in the Sikh territory had angered the Sikh chiefs whilst some of the Sikh chiefs like Ala Singh of Patiala were working with the Abdali and were subservient to him.... Similarly the Jat chiefs, on whom also they had imposed heavy fines, did not trust them. They had, therefore, to fight their enemies alone, except for the weak support of Imad-ul-Mulk. Moreover, the senior Maratha chiefs constantly bickered with one another.... Each one of them had ambitions of carving out their independent states and had no interest in fighting against a common enemy....Do u want see another Panipat by fighting in the name of Marathas pride? Plz frd be united....
