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[[Category:Battles|Wargaum, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War|Wargaum, Battle of]]
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|location=[http://pune.clickindia.com/areas/wadgaon.html Wadgaon, Maharashtra]  
|location=[http://pune.clickindia.com/areas/wadgaon.html Wadgaon, Maharashtra]  
|presidency=[[Bombay]]  
|presidency=[[Bombay]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.131084,77.522774&z=14&t=h&hl=en 18.1310846°N 77.522774°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.739163,73.64083&z=13&t=h&hl=en 18.739163°N 73.64083°E]   
|result=British defeat  
|result=British defeat  
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|commander2=Mahadaji [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhia Sindhia]
|commander2=Mahadaji [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhia Sindhia]
|strength1=2,600  
|strength1=2,600  
|strength2=
|strength2=50,000
|casualties1=
|casualties1= 56 killed<br>151 wounded<br>155 missing
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'''This was an event during the  [[1st Maratha War]]'''<br>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Wadgaon<br>
Variants: Wargaum/Wurgaom<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War Wikipedia - 1st Maratha War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139&dq=Wargaum&ei=SJyZSI21D4nKjgH-19y0Bw Google Books - Surrender at Wargaum]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 1st Maratha War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UWooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA264&dq=Colonel+Charles+Egerton&hl=en&ei=7B2FTLK-OY6Pswb_y7WaBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Wargaum] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139&dq=Wargaum&ei=SJyZSI21D4nKjgH-19y0Bw Surrender at Wargaum] Google Books<br>
 
 
[[Category:Battles|Wargaum, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War|Wargaum, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 21:09, 12 March 2021

Battle of Wargaum
Part of 1st Maratha War
Date: 12-13 January 1779
Location: Wadgaon, Maharashtra
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 18.739163°N 73.64083°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
Colonel Cockburn Mahadaji Sindhia
Strength
2,600 50,000
Casualties
56 killed
151 wounded
155 missing

This was an event during the 1st Maratha War

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Wadgaon
Variants: Wargaum/Wurgaom

External Links

History of the Marathas Google Books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 1st Maratha War] Wikipedia
Battle of Wargaum Google Books
Surrender at Wargaum Google Books