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{{Battles_Infobox|partof= [[:Category:1st Maratha War|1st Maratha War]]|date=18-20 January 1780 |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabhoi Dabhoi], Gujarat|presidency=[[Bombay]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.12947,73.417539&z=12&t=h&hl=en 22.12947°N 73.417539°E] |result=Annexation of territory |territory=|combatant1=[[East India Company]] |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|casualties1= |casualties2= }}'''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 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 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-line ==''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|Gujerat 1780Dubhoy, Occupation of]][[Category:1st Maratha War|Dubhoy, Battle Occupation of]]
