text:  In the disastrous defeat of Paniput (1761 ) where the united forces of the Mahratta confederacy were almost annihilated by the Affghans under Ahmed Shah Doorauni he received a wound which rendered him lame for life; but he soon resumed his designs on Hindostan and in 1771 became master for a time of Delhi and the person of the Mogul emperor Shah Alim