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Captured in the Third Battle of Panipat, he is alleged to have been tortured horribly before his death by his Afghan captors.
However, during the Third battle of Panipat which was held on 14 January 1761, he was responsible for certain decisions which were partially responsible for the defeat of the Marathas against Ahmad Shah Abdali.
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Under his peshwaship, Maratha power recovered from the losses suffered during the Panipat Campaign, a phenomena known as "Maratha Resurrection".
Shuja's decision about whom to join as an ally in the Third Battle of Panipat was one of the decisive factors that determined the outcome of the war as lack of food due to the Afghans cutting the supply lines of Marathas was one of the reasons that Marathas could not sustain the day long battle.