Second Anglo-Maratha War

Second Anglo-Maratha War
Part of the Anglo-Maratha Wars

The Battle of Assaye, a painting by J.C. Stadler
Date11 September 1803 – 24 December 1805
Location
Result British-Peshwa victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom

Maratha Confederacy

Supported by:

Mughal Empire

Maratha Confederacy

Commanders and leaders
Units involved

Lake & Wellesley:[1]

  • 4 regiments European cavalry
  • 8 regiments Native cavalry
  • 2 regiments British infantry
  • 17 sepoy battalions
  • Artillery
Shock infantry forces
Political map of India in 1792, compared to yellow borders of 1700.

The Second Anglo-Maratha War (from 1803 –1805) was a large conflict within the Maratha Confederacy involving the British East India Company. It resulted in major loss of territory for the Marathas, including regions around Delhi and in present-day Gujarat falling into direct Company rule.

  1. ^ Cooper, Randolf G. S. (2003). The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 315–318. ISBN 0-521-82444-3.

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