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Third Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War
Part of the Anglo-Maratha wars
Indian Camp Scene.jpg
Indian Camp Scene
Date November 1817 – February 1818
Location The modern state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas
Result Decisive British Victory
Formal end of the Maratha empire; control by the British East India Company in India
Belligerents

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire

United Kingdom British Empire

Commanders and leaders
  • Bapu Gokhale (General of Peshwa Baji Rao II)
  • Appa Saheb Bhonsle
  • Malharrao Holkar III
Strength
Over 10,000 Over 1,000
Colonial India
British Indian Empire
Imperial entities of India
Dutch India 1605–1825
Danish India 1620–1869
French India 1668–1954

Portuguese India
(1505–1961)
Casa da Índia 1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company 1628–1633

British India
(1612–1947)
East India Company 1612–1757
Company rule in India 1757–1858
British Raj 1858–1947
British rule in Burma 1824–1948
Princely states 1721–1949
Partition of India
1947


Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire

United Kingdom British Empire

The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of the Maratha territory by British East India Company troops, the largest such British controlled force massed in India. The troops were led by the Governor General Hastings (no relation to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal) supported by a force under General Thomas Hislop. Operations began against the Pindaris, a band of Muslims and Marathas from central India.

Peshwa Baji Rao II's forces, supported by those of Mudhoji II Bhonsle of Nagpur and Malharrao Holkar III of Indore, rose against the EIC. Pressure and diplomacy convinced the fourth major Maratha leader, Daulatrao Shinde of Gwalior, to remain neutral even though he lost control of Rajasthan.


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