Battle of Mahidpur
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Battle of Mahidpur | |||||||
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Part of the Third Anglo-Maratha War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
East India Co. | Holkar Clan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Malcolm |
Malhar Rao Holkar III Hari Rao Holkar Bhima Bai Holkar | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Deccan
| Army of Malhar Rao Holkar III | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
174 killed, 604 wounded[1] | Around 3,000 killed and wounded[1] |
The Battle of Mahidpur was fought during the
On 21 December 1817, the British, led by Sir Thomas Hislop, attacked the Holkar army led by 11-year-old Maharaja Malhar Rao Holkar III, 22-year-old Hari Rao Holkar and 20-year-old Bhima Bai Holkar. The Holkar artillery, led by Roshan Beg, attacked them with a long line of 63 cannons. At one point, the British were on the verge of losing the battle. However, they were helped by Gafur Khan, a traitor in the Holkar's camp. Khan deserted the battlefield with the force under his command. After this, the Holkars were decisively defeated.[1]
Malhar Rao III, Tatya Jog and others escaped to Alot.[1] A peace treaty was signed on 6 January 1818 at Mandsaur. Holkars accepted all the terms laid down by the British in the Treaty of Mandsaur. At the conclusion of this Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Holkars lost much of their territory to the British and were incorporated into the British Raj as a princely state of the Central India Agency.
This battle led to the final destruction of Maratha power.
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Battlefield of Mahidpur from the Shipra River, December 1817.
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Plan of the Battle of Mahidpur, 21 December 1817.
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Capturing Holkar guns.
References
- ^ a b c d e Madhya Pradesh (India) (1827). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hoshangabad. Government Central Press. pp. 77–78.
- ISBN 978-81-7022-025-1.