The Battle of Assaye occurred September 23, 1803 near the village of Assaye in south-central India. It was one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Assaye is located near Jafrabad in Jalna district of Maharashtra.
Battle of Assaye - The Background.
The Second Maratha War arose initially from internal conflict within the Maratha Confederacy. The Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was the official head of the Marathas, but the most powerful princes were Doulut Rao Sin ...
On the 20th September General Wellesley and Colonel Stevenson separated at Bednapur; Stevenson advancing through a valley some 14 miles west of Wellesley's line of march. He and Wellesley had planned to join forces again at a village twelwe miles from Bokerdunon on the 24 September. But Wellesley encountered the army of Sindhia and Ragojee Bhonsla at Assaye on 23 September. The latter numbered between 40,000 and 50,000 strong, including three brigades of regular infantry, the largest under the command of Anthony Pohlmann, a Hanoverian ...
The Second Maratha War arose initially from internal conflict within the Maratha Confederacy. The Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was the official head of the Marathas, but the most powerful princes were Doulut Rao Sindhia of Gwalior, and Jaswant Rao Holkar of Indore. Baji Rao was defeated by Holkar at the Battle of Poona (25 October 1802). After his defeat Baji Rao fled to British protection and, by the Treaty of Bassein, formed an alliance with the British Governor-General of India ...
The Second Maratha War arose initially from internal conflict within the Maratha Confederacy. The Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was the official head of the Marathas, but the most powerful princes were Doulut Rao Sindhia of Gwalior, and Jaswant Rao Holkar of Indore. Baji Rao was defeated by Holkar at the battle of Poona (25 October 1802). After his defeat Baji Rao fled to British protection and, by the Treaty of Bassein, formed an alliance with the British Governor-General of India ...
