Third Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War
Part of the Anglo-Maratha wars
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
Maratha Empire Peshwa Baji Rao II Malharrao Holkar III Mudhoji II Bhonsle Daulatrao Shinde Various Pindaris	British Empire East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Bapu Gokhale (General of Peshwa Baji Rao II) Appa Saheb Bhonsle Malharrao Holkar III	Francis Rawdon-Hastings John Malcolm Thomas Hislop
Strength
Over 10,000	Over 1,000

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Maratha Empire

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.