Battle of Argaon

Battle of Argaon
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Plan of the Battle of Argaon
Date 29 November 1803 Location Adgaon, Akola District, India 21°04'49"N 76°56'37"E Result British victory Territorial changes Berar annexed to the Nizam's dominions
Belligerents
British East India Company Nizam of Hyderabad	Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley	Raghoji II Bhonsle Daulat Rao Scindia

The Battle of Argaon (also known as Battle of Argaum) took place on 29 November 1803, between the British under the command of Major-General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and the forces of the Bhonsles of Berar and the Scindias of Gwalior.

Prelude

After Raghoji II Bhonsle and Daulat Rao Scindia were defeated at the Battle of Laswari, they moved south on 28 November 1803. In 1803, Nizam Ali Khan fell gravely ill, prompting Daulat Rao Shinde and the Bhonsale to invade his territories. ^[1]

Battle

British forces, under the command of Colonel Stevenson and Wellesley, defeated the Marathas at the Battle of Adgaon. This victory allowed the Nizam to regain control of all Maratha claims in Berar, thereby putting an end to the Bhonsales' rule over the region. Nizam Ali Khan died later that same year, and he was succeeded by his son Sikander Jah, also known as Asaf Jah III. ^[1]

The Chase at Argaum

See also

• Second Anglo-Maratha War

Notes

1. Kate, P. V. (1987). Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948. Mittal Publications. p. 16. ISBN   978-81-7099-017-8.

References

• "Adgaon", Akola District Gazetteer (online ed.), www.maharashtra.gov.in, December 2006 [1977], archived from the original on 5 March 2016, retrieved 17 November 2014
• Cust, Sir Edward (1862). Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, Volume I. London: John Murray. pp. 160–161. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
• Roy, Kaushik (2011). War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849. London: Routledge. p. 120. ISBN   978-0415728362 . Retrieved 11 January 2025.