John Hessing

John Hessing
Born	Year 1777
Died	July 21, 1803 Agra, India
Allegiance	Maratha Empire
Years of service	Unknown - 1803
Rank	Military officer
Battles/wars	Battle of Kardla

John Hessing (c. 1740 – July 21, 1803) was a military officer who served in the armies of the Maratha Empire in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Hessing commanded 3000 Maratha regular troops in the Battle of Kardla, where the Maratha armies defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad on March 12, 1795. In June 1801 Hessing commanded four battalions outside Ujjain, which were attacked and defeated by Yashwantrao Holkar, the Maratha ruler of Indore. Hessing fought with the Maratha armies against the British in the Second Anglo-Maratha War. He died in Agra on 21 July 1803 while in command of the Maratha forces there.

Hessing's tomb is located in the Padretola, or Padresanto, a Christian cemetery in Agra:

The Tomb was built by John Hessing's wife, Alice.

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