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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Maratha_War 2nd Maratha War 1803-05] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Maratha_War 2nd Maratha War 1803-05] Wikipedia
*Blogs and books (historical fiction)  by Bernard Cornwell
*Blogs (see also the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]] for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book series)
**Blogs
**[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/battle-of-assaye.html Battle of Assaye] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
***[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/battle-of-assaye.html Battle of Assaye] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
**[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of  Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
***[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of  Gawilghur]bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
 
**Books
***''Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803''. Volume 2 of a trilogy.  [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0007235062  FIBIS Shop] details, but not currently available from Amazon.co.uk
***''Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803''. Volume 3 of a trilogy. Available from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0006510310 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
*** For Volume 1 of the trilogy, set in Seringapatam in 1799, refer [[4th Mysore War]]
==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qqU9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''A History of the Mahrattas Volume 3, 1784-1819''] by James Grant Duff 1826 Google Books. Also [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKQ9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3'' Volume 1''] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=K_cRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume 2, 1740-1785'']
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qqU9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''A History of the Mahrattas Volume 3, 1784-1819''] by James Grant Duff 1826 Google Books. Also [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKQ9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3'' Volume 1''] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=K_cRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume 2, 1740-1785'']

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2nd Maratha War
1803-05
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
East India Company Maratha Empire
Result: British victory
Medals: Army of India Medal 1799-1826
Clasps: Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Assaye, Asseerghur, Laswarree, Argaum, Gawilghur, Defence of Delhi, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig
Links:
Category: 2nd Maratha War
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2nd Maratha War
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Summary

The British became involved in a power struggle within the Maratha government partly to counter increasing French influence. The Marathas were defeated at a series of battles by Lord Lake and Arthur Wellesley and the Treaties of Deogaon and Anjangaon ceded large areas of territory to the British.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:

External Links

Historical Books on-line

Recommended Reading

Galloping guns : the experiences of an officer of the Bengal Horse Artillery during the Second Maratha War 1804-05 by James Young. s.l.: Leonaur, (republished 2008?). Eyewitness to war series. Review in FIBIS Military reading list. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop