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← 1760 1759 1758 1761 in India → 1762 1763 1764
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in India in 1761

• Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor, reigned10 December1759 –19 November1806
• Brigadier generalJohn Carnac, Commander-in Chief of IndiaDecember1860–April1761
• Lieutenant-GeneralEyre Coote (East India Company officer), Commander-in Chief of IndiaApril1761–1763
• Mir Qasim,Nawab ofBengal andMurshidabad,20 October1760 –7 July1763

• National income - ₹9,456 million
• 14 January –Third Battle of Panipat

• 14 January
  • Sadashivrao Bhau, 30, CINC of Maratha Army of India
  • Vishwasrao
  • Ibrahim Khan Gardi
  • Shamsher Bahadur I
  • Jankoji Rao Scindia
• 23 June -Nanasaheb Peshwa, 3rd Peshwa of Maratha Empire
• 9 December –Tarabai, Queen ofMaratha Empire. (b. 1675)

• 1761 in India
• Years of the 18th century in India

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