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'''Also known as the Pindari Campaign.'''
{{War|name=Third Maratha War |dates=1817-18 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |result=<br>British victory<br>Maratha Empire broken up |medal=<br>[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom104.htm Army of India Medal 1799-1826]<br>Clasps: Kirkee, Poona, Kirkee and Poona, Seetebuldee |combatant2=[[Maratha Empire]] |category=[[:Category:3rd Maratha War|3rd Maratha War]] }}
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Also known as the Pindari War.'''
 
==Spelling variants==
Pindari, Pindarra , Pindaree,  Pindarree, Pindarrie, Pindarry


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
{{War|name=Third Maratha War |dates=1817-18 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |result=<br>British victory<br>Maratha Empire broken up |medal=<br>[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom104.htm Army of India Medal 1799-1826]<br>Clasps: Kirkee, Poona, Kirkee and Poona, Seetebuldee |combatant2=Maratha Empire |category=[[:Category:3rd Maratha War|3rd Maratha War]] }}
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Pindari marauders made violent incursions into British controlled areas and in response the British pursued them into Maratha territory. Maratha leaders rose against the British but were decisively defeated at a series of battles. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rawdon-Hastings,_1st_Marquess_of_Hastings Lord Hastings] commanded the [[Grand Army]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hislop,_1st_Baronet Sir Thomas Hislop] the [[Army of the Deccan]]. The Maratha Empire was broken up, much territory being ceded to the British and other areas becoming princely states under British control.


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindari Pindari] marauders made violent incursions into British controlled areas and in response the British pursued them into Maratha territory. Maratha leaders rose against the British but were decisively defeated at a series of battles. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rawdon-Hastings,_1st_Marquess_of_Hastings Lord Hastings] commanded the [[Grand Army]] and [[Thomas Hislop|Sir Thomas Hislop]] the [[Army of the Deccan]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] was broken up, much territory being ceded to the British and other areas becoming princely states under British control.
== Related articles ==
{|
|-
|27 Oct 1817
|[[Surrender of Sundur]]
|
|-
|5 Nov 1817
|[[Battle of Kirkee]]
|
|-
|17 Nov 1817
|[[Battle of Poona]]
|
|-
|28 Nov 1817
|[[Battle of Seetabuldee]]
| 
|-
|16-24 Dec 1817
|[[Siege of Nagpore]]
|
|-
|21 Dec 1817
|[[Battle of Mahidpore]]
|
|-
|1 Jan 1818
|[[Battle of Corygaum]]
|
|-
|6 Jan 1818
|[[Capture of Gudduk]]
|
|-
|8 Jan 1818
|[[Capture of Damal]]
|
|-
|13 Jan 1818
|[[Surrender of Hubli]]
|
|-
|14 Jan 1818
|[[Surrender of Misri Kota]]
| 
|-
|9 Feb 1818
|[[Occupation of Belur]]
|
|-
|12-18 Feb 1818
|[[Siege of Badami]]
|
|-
|18 Feb 1818
|[[Battle of Ashtee]]
|
|-
|20 Feb-2 Mar 1818
|[[Siege of Singurh]]
|
|-
|27 Feb 1818
|[[Battle of Talneir]]
|
|-
|18 Mar 1818
|[[Capture of Poorundhur Fort]]
|
|-
|20 Mar-10 Apr 1818 
|[[Siege of Belgaum]]
|
|-
|9 May 1818
|[[Capture of Chanda]]
|
|-
|9-14 May 1818
|[[Capture of Sholapoor]]
|
|-
|10 Apr 1818
|[[Capture of Wassota]]
|
|-
|9 April 1919
|[[Siege of Asseerghur]]
|
|}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/4/mode/2up John Worthington Adams (1764-1837)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/14/mode/2up Appa Sahib (??-1837)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/350/mode/2up/ Baji Rao (1775-1852)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/121/mode/1up Rufane Donkin (1773-1841)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/1up John Doveton (1768-1840)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/176/mode/2up William Keir Grant (1771-1852)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/193/mode/1up Lord Hastings (1754-1826)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/202/mode/1up Thomas Hislop (1764-1843)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/270/mode/2up John Malcolm (1769-1833)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/306/mode/2up Thomas Munro (1761-1827)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/345/mode/1up Theophilus Pritzler (??4-1839)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/350/mode/2up Baji Rao (1775-1852)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/2up Lionel Smith (1778-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/398/mode/2up Francis Staunton (1779-1825)]<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] - Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iYRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree campaign,: during 1817, 1818, and 1819''] by Carnaticus 1820 Google Books
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War 3rd Maratha War 1817-18] - Wikipedia
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoiroftheopera032347mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoir of the Operations of the British Army in India during the Mahratta War of 1817, 1818 and 1819''] by Valentine Blacker 1821 Archive.org
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindari#The_Pindari_War The Pindari War] - Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=suwnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT8 ''Maps and Plans Illustrating the Memoir of the Operations of the British Army in India during the Mahratta War of 1817, 1818 and 1819''] by Valentine Blacker 1821 Google Books
*[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/India_map_1700_1792.jpg Map of the Maratha Confederacy 1792] Wikimedia.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819''] by Edward Lake 1825 Google Books     
 
===Other===


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] Wikipedia<br>
==== Historical books online ====
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33586/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Mahratta And Pindari War''] compiled for the General Staff, India 1910. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284400/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org, mirrors from Digital Library of India.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War 3rd Maratha War 1817-18] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.110411/page/n3/mode/2up '' A History of the Mahrattas Vol. III''] by James Grant Duff 1826 Archive.org.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindari#The_Pindari_War The Pindari War] Wikipedia
:[https://archive.org/details/historyofmahratt02duff/page/n7/mode/2up '' A History of the Mahrattas, Vol. II''] by James Grant Duff. Vol. II of a 1921 two volume  revised annotated edition with an Introduction, by  S M Edwardes, late of the Indian Civil Service. Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iYRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree campaign,: during 1817, 1818, and 1819'']  by Carnaticus 1820. Google Books''
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv37667ec8#ark:/81055/vdc_000000017F15.0x000009 ''A Memoir of the Military Operations of the Nagpore Subsidiary Force,  (now the Nerbudda Field Force)  from its first formation in 1816, to the termination of the campaign against the Goands, in 1819 together with a short account of the Pindarra hordes''] by Robert Adair Macnaghten 1820.  British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoiroftheopera032347mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoir of the Operations of the British Army in India during the Mahratta War of 1817, 1818 and 1819''] by Valentine Blacker 1821. Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=suwnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT8 ''Maps and Plans Illustrating the Memoir of the Operations of the British Army in India during the Mahratta War of 1817, 1818 and 1819''] by Valentine Blacker 1821. Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89070497664?urlappend=%3Bseq=219 "Mahratta and Pindaree War"] page 199 ''Considerations on the state of British India, embracing the subjects of colonization; missionaries; the state of the press; the Nepaul and Mahrattah wars; the civil government; and Indian Army'' by Lieutenant A. White, of the Bengal Native Infantry. 1822 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819'']  by Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers 1825. Google Books
:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv367626ee#ark:/81055/vdc_00000000DBFB.0x000009 ''Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc''] by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00shiprich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp, late a lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment''] written by himself.  A new illustrated edition with an Introduction by H Manners Chichester 1890 Archive.org. Originally published 1829 in 3 volumes [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor01shipiala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor02shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor03shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] and [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00ship/page/n5/mode/2up 1843 edition] with a further chapter. Archive.org
:He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784)  and  was with the [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99)  and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Chapter 9, commencing page 155.  He left India in 1825.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/riseprogressofbr02aubeuoft#page/516/mode/2up ''Rise and Progress of the British Power in India Vol II'' - Pindarrie War], page 516,  by Peter Auber MRAS 1837.  Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/addiscombeitsher00viba#page/320/mode/2up Madras Engineers who served in the Mahratta War of 1817-1819] from ''Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note'' by Colonel H. M. Vibart 1894 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lA4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Journal of a route across India, through Egypt, to England, in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818''] by George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence (1st Earl of Munster). The author was  Lord Hastings' aide-de-camp serving in the Maratha campaigns of 1816-1817. About the book: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070424173846/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/library/speccoll/bomarch/bomaug05.html Book of the Month] by Kings College London Library, now an archived webpage.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rklDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Papers Respecting the Pindarry and Mahratta Wars''] East India Company  Papers  1811-1822,  printed 1824. Google




Latest revision as of 09:40, 11 January 2023

Third Maratha War
1817-18
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Location:
Combatants:
East India Company Maratha Empire
Result:
British victory
Maratha Empire broken up
Medals:
Army of India Medal 1799-1826
Clasps: Kirkee, Poona, Kirkee and Poona, Seetebuldee
Links:
Category: 3rd Maratha War
See our interactive map of
3rd Maratha War
locations and routes on Google Maps

Also known as the Pindari War.

Spelling variants

Pindari, Pindarra , Pindaree, Pindarree, Pindarrie, Pindarry

Summary

Pindari marauders made violent incursions into British controlled areas and in response the British pursued them into Maratha territory. Maratha leaders rose against the British but were decisively defeated at a series of battles. Lord Hastings commanded the Grand Army and Sir Thomas Hislop the Army of the Deccan. The Maratha Empire was broken up, much territory being ceded to the British and other areas becoming princely states under British control.

Related articles

27 Oct 1817 Surrender of Sundur
5 Nov 1817 Battle of Kirkee
17 Nov 1817 Battle of Poona
28 Nov 1817 Battle of Seetabuldee
16-24 Dec 1817 Siege of Nagpore
21 Dec 1817 Battle of Mahidpore
1 Jan 1818 Battle of Corygaum
6 Jan 1818 Capture of Gudduk
8 Jan 1818 Capture of Damal
13 Jan 1818 Surrender of Hubli
14 Jan 1818 Surrender of Misri Kota
9 Feb 1818 Occupation of Belur
12-18 Feb 1818 Siege of Badami
18 Feb 1818 Battle of Ashtee
20 Feb-2 Mar 1818 Siege of Singurh
27 Feb 1818 Battle of Talneir
18 Mar 1818 Capture of Poorundhur Fort
20 Mar-10 Apr 1818 Siege of Belgaum
9 May 1818 Capture of Chanda
9-14 May 1818 Capture of Sholapoor
10 Apr 1818 Capture of Wassota
9 April 1919 Siege of Asseerghur

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Worthington Adams (1764-1837)
Appa Sahib (??-1837)
Baji Rao (1775-1852)
Rufane Donkin (1773-1841)
John Doveton (1768-1840)
William Keir Grant (1771-1852)
Lord Hastings (1754-1826)
Thomas Hislop (1764-1843)
John Malcolm (1769-1833)
Thomas Munro (1761-1827)
Theophilus Pritzler (??4-1839)
Baji Rao (1775-1852)
Lionel Smith (1778-1842)
Francis Staunton (1779-1825)

External Links

Historical books online

A History of the Mahrattas, Vol. II by James Grant Duff. Vol. II of a 1921 two volume revised annotated edition with an Introduction, by S M Edwardes, late of the Indian Civil Service. Archive.org.
Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library Digital Collection.
He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784) and was with the 22nd Regiment of Foot in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99) and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Chapter 9, commencing page 155. He left India in 1825.
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