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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
 
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berar_Province Berar Province] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berar_Province Berar Province] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xn8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA583&dq=Gawilghur&ei=X5Q5SLmrLYKWzATrzfyiDw#PPA583,M1 Wellesley's despatch] Google Books<br>
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xn8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA583&dq=Gawilghur&ei=X5Q5SLmrLYKWzATrzfyiDw#PPA583,M1 Wellesley's despatch] Google Books<br>
[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com (see also the [[Fiction and  poetry reading list]]  for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book on this battle)
 
  
 
==== Historical Books on-line ====
 
==== Historical Books on-line ====
''The Life of Field-Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington Vol I'' by Charles Duke Yonge 1860 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xjQBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA75&dq=Gawilghur+1803&hl=en&ei=Tu4yTMvuKKL9sQaSmZzPAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Gawilghur%201803&f=false Siege of Gawilghur]
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''The Life of Field-Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington Vol I'' by Charles Duke Yonge 1860 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xjQBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA75&dq=Gawilghur+1803&hl=en&ei=Tu4yTMvuKKL9sQaSmZzPAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Gawilghur%201803&f=false Siege of Gawilghur] Google Books
  
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
''"Wellington in India"'' by Jac Weller ISBN 0 582 12784 x<br>"''Maratha War Papers''" by A Bennell 1998 ISBN 0750920696
 
''"Wellington in India"'' by Jac Weller ISBN 0 582 12784 x<br>"''Maratha War Papers''" by A Bennell 1998 ISBN 0750920696

Latest revision as of 08:20, 19 April 2022

Battle of Gawilghur
Part of the 2nd Maratha War
Date: 15 December 1803
Location: Gawilgarh, Chikalda, Maharashtra
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 21.399677°N 77.321720°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
Colonel Arthur Wellesley Rajah of Berar
Strength
Casualties
Gawilgarh Location
Survey 1920-1946

External Links

History of the Marathas Google Books
Berar Province Wikipedia
Wellesley's despatch Google Books

Historical Books on-line

The Life of Field-Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington Vol I by Charles Duke Yonge 1860 Siege of Gawilghur Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Wellington in India" by Jac Weller ISBN 0 582 12784 x
"Maratha War Papers" by A Bennell 1998 ISBN 0750920696