1st Rohilla War
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| 1st Rohilla War | |
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| 1774 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Rohilkhand | |
| Combatants: | |
| British and Oudh forces | Rohillas |
| Result: Rohilkhand occupied by Oudh | |
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| Category: 1st Rohilla War | |
Summary
At the end of 1773 the Nawab of Oudh Shuja-ud-Daula asked Warren Hastings for assistance in a punitive campaign against the Rohillas. The 2nd Brigade of the Bengal Army was dispatched under Colonel Alexander Champion and entered Rohilkhand on 17 April 1774. On 23 April the Rohillas under Hafiz Rahmat Khan were defeated at Miranpur Katra. Rohilkhand was occupied by Oudh.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Alexander Champion (????-1793)
Warren Hastings (1732-1818)
Shuja ud Daulah (1731-1775)
External Links
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Historical books online
- An Historical Relation of the Origin, Progress and Final Dissolution of the Government of the Rohilla Afgans, in the Northern Provinces of Hindostan by Charles Hamilton, an Officer in the Service of the Honorable East-India Company on the Bengal Establishment 1788 (archive.org)
- "The Out Lines of the Rohilla War" from The Origin and Authentic Narrative of the Present Marratta War; and also, the late Rohilla War, in 1773 and 1774 printed for Almon & Debrett 1781 (Google Books)
- Transactions in India, from the commencement of the French War in seventeen hundred and fifty-six, to the conclusion of the late peace, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three: Containing a history of the British interests in Indostan, during a period of near thirty years; distinguished by two wars with France, several revolutions and treaties of alliance, the acquisition of an extensive territory, and the administration of Governor Hastings by John Moir 1786 Google Books
- Hastings and the Rohilla War by Sir John Strachey 1892 (archive.org)
- The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by H. G. Keene. A New Edition, with Corrections and Additions.1887. Gutenberg.org. Covers the period 1759-1803. The same file is also available on Archive.org