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Battle of Farrukhabad

Coordinates: 27°22′N 79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E / 27.37; 79.63
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Battle of Farrukhabad
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

Charge of 8th Dragoons at Furruckabad
Date14 November 1804
Location27°22′N 79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E / 27.37; 79.63
Result Maratha victory
Belligerents
 Maratha Confederacy East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Yashwantrao Holkar Gerard Lake
Farrukhabad is located in Uttar Pradesh
Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad is located in India
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Farrukhabad (India)

The Battle of Farrukhabad (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and the forces of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Confederacy.

Battle

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The battle took place at Farrukhabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India.[a] The Company's forces, led by General Gerard Lake, surprised Holkar's forces after making forced marches of more than 60 miles (97 km) in the preceding 24 hours.[1]

Lake "attacked the Maratha camp where the soldiers were still sleeping off the effects of the previous night's revelry." Holkar himself very narrowly escaped capture in the attack.[1] The battle ended in a Maratha victory and the British forces were routed.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ It is also known as the Battle of Fatehgarh after the town of Fatehgarh which is the administrative headquarters of the district and at that time contained a fort with military significance.

References

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  1. ^ a b Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  2. ^ Naravane, Wing Commander (Retired) M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9788131300343.