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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]]
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010858/ General Thomas Goddard]
|commander2=Fateh Singh [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaekwad Gaikwad]
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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 Dabhoi which 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]]
