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[[Category:Battles|Gujerat, Battle of 1780]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War|Gujerat, Battle of 1780]]
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|partof= [[:Category:1st Maratha War|1st Maratha War]]
|date=118-26 20 January 1780
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabhoi Dabhoi], Gujarat
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010858/ General Thomas Goddard]
|commander2=Fateh Singh [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaekwad Gaikwad]
|strength1=
|strength2=2,000
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'''This was an event during the [[1st Maratha War]]'''<br>
== Gujarat Campaign ==
This was General Goddard's operation to reduce Maratha possessions south of the Tapti river. The major action was the capture of Dabhoiwhich was occupied when the enemy evacuated it overnight. A treaty was signed with the Gaikwad on 23 January. == Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/167/mode/1up Thomas Goddard (1740?-1783)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]Google Books<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War Wikipedia - 1st Maratha War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r4hHNz7T-AEC&pg=PA141&dq=Goddard+1780&as_brr=3&ei=8e92Sf-ZJ4TMlQTjkYTcBg#PPA141,M1 Campaign in Gujarat] Google Books == Historical books on- Campaign in Gujaratline ==''History of the Mahrattas, Volume 2'' by James Grant Duff 1863 (Google Books) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UWooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA287&dq=A+history+of+the+Mahrattas,+Volume+2&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Dubhoy]<br> [[Category:Battles|Dubhoy, Occupation of]][[Category:1st Maratha War|Dubhoy, Occupation of]]
