Events in India in 1761
Incumbents Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor, reigned 10 December 1759 – 19 November 1806 Brigadier general John Carnac, Commander-in Chief of India December 1860– April 1761 Lieutenant-General Eyre Coote (East India Company officer), Commander-in Chief of India April 1761– 1763 Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal and Murshidabad, 20 October 1760 – 7 July 1763
Events National income - ₹9,456 million 14 January – Third Battle of Panipat Deaths 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 of Maratha Empire. (b. 1675)
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