1770s

Events and trends
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 * ratified by the . The document was drafted by a committee consisting of representatives  of,  of ,  of ,  of  and  of.
 * accends to the throne of as the second Shah of the  in 1779.
 * The , an invention by, was most likely the first   to be adopted by any organized military force. It was used for an interval by the British in the , but it's superior firepower was unappreciated as being outside the paradigm of armed lines of men standing face to face.
 * The British East India Company troops suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Marathas in the Battle of Wadgaon in January 1779. This is the first ever defeat for the Company's troops since Plassey.

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