Answer in detail:

Draw a timeline to show the important events of the Maratha regime.

TIMELINE

1664 Shivaji Maharaj, the Marathas freed themselves from the Muslim sultans of Bijapur to the southeast and became much more aggressive and began to frequently raid Mughal territory, ransacking the Mughal port of Surat.

1674 Shivaji Maharaj proclaimed himself as emperor and assumed the title Chhatrapati.

1680 The Marathas had spread and conquered some of central India by Shivaji Maharaja's death but later lost it to the Mughals and the British.

1681 Sambhaji crowned himself and resumed his father's expansion policy.

1689 Sambhaji was killed by Aurangzeb with the help of Sambhaji's own relatives, who betrayed him.

1713 The post of the state Peshwa was given to Balaji Vishwanath.

January 14, 1761 The Peshwa sent an army to challenge the Afghan-led alliance of Indian Muslims that included Rohillas, Shujah-ud-daulah, nizab-ud-daulah and the Maratha army was decisively defeated, at the Third Battle of Panipat.

1767 Madhavrao I crossed the Krishna River and defeated Hyder Ali in the battles of Sira and Madgiri.

1771 Mahadji recaptured Delhi and installed Shah Alam II as a puppet ruler on the Mughal throne receiving in return the title of vice-regent of the Empire, the Mughals also gave him the title of Amir-ul-Amara Maratha king of Gwalior.

March 1786 to March 1787 The Battle of Gajendragad was fought between the Marathas under the command of Tukojirao Holkar (the adopted son of Malharrao Holkar) and Tipu Sultan in which Tipu Sultan was defeated by the Marathas. By the victory in this battle, the border of the Maratha territory extended till Tungabhadra river.

1788 Mahadji's armies defeated Ismail Beg, a Mughal noble who resisted the Marathas.

1795 Another achievement of the Marathas was their victories over the Nizam of Hyderabad's armies including in the Battle of Kharda

1802 The British intervened in Baroda to support the heir to the throne against rival claimants, and they signed a treaty with the new Maharaja recognizing his independence from the Maratha empire in return for acknowledging British paramountcy.

1803-1805 In the Second Anglo-Maratha War, the Peshwa Baji Rao II signed treaty acknowledging British paramountcy.

1817-1818 The Third Anglo-Maratha War resulted in the loss of Maratha independence. It left Britain in control of most of India

1857 The last Peshwa, Nana Sahib, born as Govind Dhondu Pant, was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II. He was one of the main leaders of the battle against British rule.