Battle of Argaon

Battle of Argaon (Sirsoli)
	Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
	; Plan of the Battle of Argaon (Sirsoli)
Date	29 November 1803
Location	Sirsoli Adgaon, Akola District, India21°04′49″N 76°56′37″E / 21.08028°N 76.94361°E / 21.08028; 76.94361
Result	British victory
Territorial; changes	Berar annexed to the Nizam's dominions
Belligerents
British East India Company; Hyderabad	Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley	Raghoji II Bhonsle ; Daulat Rao Scindia

1803 battle

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]

Notes

^ a b 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.

External links

[:0-1] Kate, P. V. (1987). Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948. Mittal Publications. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7099-017-8.