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First Maratha War

First Anglo-Maratha War
Part of the Anglo-Maratha wars
Francis Holman, Commodore James in the Protector, with the Revenge and the grab Bombay in the bay off the Suvarnadrug fort at Gheriah, India, April 1755 (18th century).jpg
A painting depicting a British naval attack at the Maratha held, Suvarnadrug fort in April 1775.
Date 1775–1782
Location Pune
Result

Maratha victory

Belligerents

Flag of the United Kingdom.svgBritish Empire

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg British East India Company 		Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hastings

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Colonel Keating

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Thomas Wyndhem Goddard

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Mahadji Shinde

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Nana Fadnavis

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Madhavrao

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Haripant Phadke
Strength

93,000 troops total

23 ships

Around 146,000 troops total

14 ships
Casualties and losses
~34,000 killed or wounded ~26,000 killed or wounded

Maratha victory

Flag of the United Kingdom.svgBritish Empire

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hastings

Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Colonel Keating

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Mahadji Shinde

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Nana Fadnavis


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