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== Summary ==
{{War|name=2nd Maratha War |dates=1803-05 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Maratha Empire |category=[[:Category:2nd Maratha War|2nd Maratha War]] }}
{{Battlemap|war=2nd Maratha War|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=p&msa=0&ll=23.039298,75.454102&spn=15.771057,18.632813&z=6&msid=101241150585833319689.000472c3521958f4847a2}}
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.
== External Link ==
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Maratha War, 2nd]]
[[Category:1st Maratha War| 2nd Maratha War]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War| 2nd Maratha War]]
