Q:

What was the immediate cause of Ahmadshah Abdali's invasion of India and the third battle of Panipat?

• 1
  He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by the Marathas.
• 2
  He was invited by Adin Beg Khan, the frustrated governor of Jalandhar, to invade the Punjab.
• 3
  He wanted to punish the Mughal administration for not paying the revenue of Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur).
• 4
  He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi and merge it with his kingdom.