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Battle of Argaon

1803 · 19th century · Also known as Battle of Argaum · Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

The Battle of Argaon was fought on 29 November 1803 in the Deccan between a British force under Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and the armies of Raghuji II Bhonsle of Nagpur and Daulat Rao Scindia. The Maratha forces were routed, and soon after the British took the fortress of Gawilghur. Raghuji then signed the Treaty of Deogaon, ceding Cuttack and western Berar.

Battle of Argaon
Image: Artist: James Welsh (1775–1861); Engraver: Robert Havell, Jr. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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