What the records say
- When
- 8 Aug 1803 – 12 Aug 1803
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 19.09° N, 74.75° E
- Description
- 1803 first battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Siege of Ahmednagar (1803)
1803 Second Anglo-Maratha War siege
The siege of Ahmednagar was the first battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company. When he determined that a long defensive war would ruin his army, Wellesley decided to act boldly to defeat the numerically larger force of the Marathas.
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