Second Anglo-Maratha War
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The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) was a large conflict within the
Background
The British had supported the "fugitive"
The Maratha Empire at that time consisted of a confederacy of five major chiefs: the Peshwa (Prime Minister) at the capital city of
In October 1802, the combined armies of Peshwa Baji Rao II and
War
This act on the part of the
contested the agreement.The British strategy included Maj. Gen. Arthur Wellesley securing the Deccan Plateau, Lt. Gen. Gerard Lake taking Doab and then Delhi, Powell entering Bundelkhand, Murray taking Badoch, and Harcourt neutralizing Bihar. The British had available over 53,000 men to help accomplish their goals.[2]: 66–67
With the logistic assembly of his army complete (24,000 men in total) Wellesley gave the order to break camp and attack the nearest Maratha fort on 8 August 1803.[3] On the same day he took the walled Pettah of Ahmednagar (town adjacent to the fort) by escalade.[4][5]
The
In September 1803,
Conclusion
On 17 December 1803,
On 30 December 1803, the
The British started hostilities against Yashwantrao Holkar on 6 April 1804. Yashwantrao was somewhat successful as he harassed the British forces by guerilla warfare. However, he didn't receive the expected help from Scindia who had already signed a treaty with the British. He went to Punjab and sought Ranjeet Singh's help with no success. The lack of resources compelled him to come to terms with British.
The Treaty of Rajghat, signed on 24 December 1805, forced Holkar to give up Tonk, Rampura, and Bundi to the British.[2]: 90–96
See also
- Ahmednagar Fort
- Alexander Adams
- List of Maratha dynasties and states
- Pettah of Ahmednagar
- Third Anglo-Maratha War
References
- ISBN 0-521-82444-3.}
- ^ ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3.
- ISBN 978-0-00-713750-3.
- ^ Fitchett, William Henry (1911). Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852. London: G. Bell. pp. 102–104.
- ^ Duke of Wellington (1859). "Camp at Ahmednuggur, 17th Aug., 1803". In Wellesley, Arthur Richard (ed.). Supplementary despatches and memoranda of field marshal Arthur duke of Wellington 1797–1819 with a map of India. J. Murray. p. 151.
- ^ Holmes 2002, p. 74.
- ISBN 978-0-19-533756-3.
Further reading
- Bhattacharyya, Sukumar; Sukumar, Bhattacharya (1959). "The Second Anglo-Maratha and Mewar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 22: 403–406. JSTOR 44304329.
- Chaurasian, R. S (2004). History of the Marathas. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors. ISBN 978-81-269-0394-8.}
- 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, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82444-3.
- Henty, G. A. (1902). At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War. London: Blackie & Son. – historical fiction describing the war
- Pemble, John (1976). "Resources and Techniques the Second Maratha War". Historical Journal. 19 (2): 375–404. S2CID 163053886.
