Battle of Wadgaon

Battle of Wadgaon

A mural depicting the British surrender during the First Anglo-Maratha War. The mural is a part of the Victory Memorial (Vijay Stambh) located at Vadgaon Maval (Off NH-4, Malinagar, Vadgaon Maval, Pune)
Date12–13 January 1779
Location18°44′55″N 73°38′28″E / 18.7486°N 73.641°E / 18.7486; 73.641
Result Maratha victory
Belligerents
 Maratha Empire East India Company
Commanders and leaders
 Maratha Confederacy
Mahadji Shinde
Tukoji Rao Holkar
Nana Fadnavis
Thomas Goddard
Captain James Stuart
Colonol Charles Egerton
Lt. Col Cay
Lt. Col Cockburn
Raghunathrao
Strength
4,000 British forces , inclusive of artillery and gun men's under Stewart and Egerton.
small contingents of infantry and gunmens under Raghunath Rao
Wadgaon is located in Maharashtra
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Wadgaon is located in India
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Wadgaon (India)

The Battle of Wadgaon (12–13 January 1779) was fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company near Vadgaon Maval village in Maharashtra and was part of the First Anglo-Maratha War.


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