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|date=15 February 1780 | |date=15 February 1780 | ||
|location=[ | |location=[[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
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'''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=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br> | ||
[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:Battles|Ahmadabad, Battle of 1780]] | ||
[[Category:1st Maratha War]] | [[Category:1st Maratha War|Ahmadabad, Battle of 1780]] |
Latest revision as of 07:17, 13 March 2021
Battle of Ahmadabad | ||
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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