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[[Category:Battles|Gujerat, Battle of 1780]]
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|date=1-26 January 1780  
|date=18-20 January 1780  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabhoi Dabhoi], Gujarat
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010858/ General Thomas Goddard]
|commander2=Fateh Singh Gaikwad
|commander2=Fateh Singh [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaekwad Gaikwad]
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'''This was an event during the  [[1st Maratha War]]'''<br>
== Gujarat Campaign ==
== Gujarat Campaign ==
This was General Goddard's operation to reduce Maratha possessions south of the Tapti river. The major action was the capture of Dabhoi. A treaty was signed with the Gaikwad on 23 January.
This was General Goddard's operation to reduce Maratha possessions south of the Tapti river. The major action was the capture of Dabhoi which was occupied when the enemy evacuated it overnight. A treaty was signed with the Gaikwad on 23 January.
 
== 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 Google Books - History of the Marathas]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War Wikipedia - 1st Maratha War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r4hHNz7T-AEC&pg=PA141&dq=Goddard+1780&as_brr=3&ei=8e92Sf-ZJ4TMlQTjkYTcBg#PPA141,M1 Google Books - Campaign in Gujarat]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Maratha_War 1st Maratha War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r4hHNz7T-AEC&pg=PA141&dq=Goddard+1780&as_brr=3&ei=8e92Sf-ZJ4TMlQTjkYTcBg#PPA141,M1 Campaign in Gujarat] Google Books
== 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=PA287&dq=A+history+of+the+Mahrattas,+Volume+2&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Dubhoy]<br>
 
[[Category:Battles|Dubhoy, Occupation of]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War|Dubhoy, Occupation of]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 17 May 2010

Occupation of Dubhoy
Part of 1st Maratha War
Date: 18-20 January 1780
Location: Dabhoi, Gujarat
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 22.12947°N 73.417539°E
Result: Annexation of territory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
General Thomas Goddard Fateh Singh Gaikwad
Strength
2,000
Casualties

This was an event during the 1st Maratha War

Gujarat Campaign

This was General Goddard's operation to reduce Maratha possessions south of the Tapti river. The major action was the capture of Dabhoi which was occupied when the enemy evacuated it overnight. A treaty was signed with the Gaikwad on 23 January.

Biographies

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

External Links

History of the Marathas Google Books
Maratha Wars Heritage History
1st Maratha War Wikipedia
Campaign in Gujarat Google Books

Historical books on-line

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