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|partof=the [[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=15 December 1803
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawilghur Gawilgarh], Chikalda, Maharashtra
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=21.399677,77.321725&z=13&t=h&hl=en 21.399677°N 77.321720°E]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington Colonel Arthur Wellesley]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rajah_of_Berar Rajah of Berar]
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[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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xn8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA583&dq=Gawilghur&ei=X5Q5SLmrLYKWzATrzfyiDw#PPA583,M1 Siege of GawilgarhWellesley'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)
