THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
lecture on 'The Third Battle of Panipat: The Why, The How, and Its Aftermath'
by Surg. Cdr. Uday S. Kulkarni (Retd.)
Friday, 28th February 2025 at 5.00 p.m.

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai invites you to a lecture titled 'The Third Battle of Panipat: The Why, The How, and Its Aftermath' by Surg. Cdr. Uday S. Kulkarni (Retd). The session will be chaired by Dr. Varsha S. Shirgaonkar.

About the Topic:
The Third Battle of Panipat is a struggle of monumental proportions, spread over a fourteen-month period, with armies of hundreds of thousands of men and beasts marching across a vast subcontinent. The talk will take the audience on a historic journey to a gripping climax.

About the Speaker:
Uday S. Kulkarni has written six historical nonfiction books on 18th Century India. An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune and a surgeon by profession, Kulkarni served in the Indian Navy, retiring in the rank of Surgeon Commander.

About the Chair:
After a long teaching career in the colleges of Mumbai University, Dr. Varsha Shirgaonkar retired as Professor and Head, Dept of History, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. A well-known historian, nationally and internationally, her path-breaking book is 'Eighteenth Century Deccan: Cultural History of the Peshwas' among a total of nine books published so far.

Friday, 28th February 2025, 5:00 PM
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Please join us for tea at 4:30 PM

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC