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Name: Third Anglo-Maratha War

Type: Event

Start: 1817 AD

End: 1818 AD

Parent: Anglo-Maratha Wars

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Was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India.

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  • January 1818: British commanders began arriving with reinforcements: Lieutenant Colonel Rahan on 29 November, Major Pittman on 5 December, and Colonel Doveton on 12 December. The British counterattack was severe and Appa Saheb was forced to surrender. The British lost 300 men, of which 24 were Europeans. The Marathas lost an equal number. A treaty was signed on 9 January 1818. Appa Saheb was allowed to rule over nominal territories with several restrictions. Most of his territory, including the forts, was now controlled by the British.
  • April 1818: General Smith's forces had taken the forts of Sinhagad and Purandar.
  • February 1818: British General Smith entered Satara and captured the royal palace of the Marathas.
  • January 1818: Battle of Koregaon.
  • November 1817: In 1817, General Sir Thomas Hislop led the British East India Company troops, including Colonel Smith, to cross the river and establish positions at Ghorpadi during the Third Anglo-Maratha War in India.
  • January 1818: After the Battle of Mahidpur The ministers made overtures of peace, and on 6 January 1818 the Treaty of Mandeswar was signed. Holkar accepted the British terms in totality and came under British authority as an independent prince subject to the advice of a British Resident.
  • February 1818: Mountstuart Elphinstone mentions the capture of Sinhagadh in his diary entry.
  • June 1818: Baji Rao surrendered to the British.

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