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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 1st Maratha War]
|partof= [[:Category:1st Maratha War|1st Maratha War]]
|date=15 February 1780  
|date=15 February 1780  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad Ahmadabad, Gujarat]
|location=[[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat
|presidency=Bengal  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.179700,78.021400&z=15&t=h&hl=en 23.103144°°N 72.692302°°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.179700,78.021400&z=15&t=h&hl=en 23.103144°N 72.692302°E]   
|result=British victory  
|result=British victory  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=East India Company  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]  
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]  
|commander1=General Goddard
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010858/ General Thomas Goddard]
|commander2=
|commander2=
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
|strength2=  
|strength2=6000 infantry<br>2000 cavalry
|casualties1=106 killed & wounded   
|casualties1=106 killed & wounded   
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}
'''This was an event during the  [[1st Maratha War]]'''<br>
== 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 ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZQXGmDs3LlMC&pg=PA405&dq=Colonel+Goddard&as_brr=1&ei=uiOOR8LUG4WwtgOgxazQBQ#PPA405,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ahmadabad]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
[[Category:Battles]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 1st Maratha War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=hRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=general+goddard&source=web&ots=s-E__ZFB1x&sig=3kkbgTsAgP2jCDffE9VNJykPn50#PPA456,M1 Capture of Ahmadabad] Google Books<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad Ahmadabad, Gujarat] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Ahmedabad+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA13,M1 Ahmedabad] Gazetteer 1857
 
==== 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=PA288&dq=A+history+of+the+Mahrattas,+Volume+2&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Storming of Ahmadabad]<br>
 
[[Category:Battles|Ahmadabad, Battle of 1780]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War|Ahmadabad, Battle of 1780]]

Latest revision as of 07:17, 13 March 2021

Battle of Ahmadabad
Part of 1st Maratha War
Date: 15 February 1780
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 23.103144°N 72.692302°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
General Thomas Goddard
Strength
6000 infantry
2000 cavalry
Casualties
106 killed & wounded

This was an event during the 1st Maratha War

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Thomas Goddard (1740?-1783)

External Links

History of the Marathas Google Books
1st Maratha War Wikipedia
Capture of Ahmadabad Google Books
Ahmadabad, Gujarat Wikipedia
Ahmedabad Gazetteer 1857

Historical books on-line

History of the Mahrattas, Volume 2 by James Grant Duff 1863 (Google Books) Storming of Ahmadabad