Battle of Argaon

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 of Nagpur and Daulat Rao Sindhia were defeated at the Battle of Laswari, they moved south on 28 November 1803. In 1803, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II fell gravely ill, prompting Daulat Rao Shinde and the Bhonsale to invade his territories.

== Battle == British forces, under the command of Colonel James Stevenson and Arthur 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 Bhonsale's 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.

== See also == Second Anglo-Maratha War

Notes

== 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.

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