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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof= [[3rd Maratha War]]
|date=9-14 May 1818
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solapur Solapur], Karnataka
|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=17.68,75.92&z=15&t=h&hl=en 17.68°N 75.92°E] 17.68,
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Munro,_1st_Baronet Brig-Gen Sir Thomas Munro]
|commander2=Ganpat Rao
|strength1=4,000
|strength2=6,000 with 14 guns<br>900 garrison
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Solapur<br>
Spelling variants:Sholapoor
== Field Force ==
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|Bombay European Regiment]]
*Rifle Corps
*4th Madras Native Infantry
*[[18th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|2nd Battalion 9th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*1st Battalion 7th Madras Native Infantry
*[[84th Punjab Regiment|2nd Battalion 12th Madras Native Infantry]]
*Two squadrons HM [[22nd Light Dragoons]]
*Artillery
*Four companies of Pioneers
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War 3rd Maratha War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=vlCOMfk4S2wC&pg=PA299&lpg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Sholapoor] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yN4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77&dq=Journals+of+the+sieges+of+the+Madras+army+Seetabuldee&cd=3#v=twopage&q=Waseeota&f=false Attack on Sholapoor]
[[Category:Battles|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
[[Category:Reserve Division Campaign|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
[[Category:3rd Maratha War|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
|partof= [[3rd Maratha War]]
|date=9-14 May 1818
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solapur Solapur], Karnataka
|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=17.68,75.92&z=15&t=h&hl=en 17.68°N 75.92°E] 17.68,
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Munro,_1st_Baronet Brig-Gen Sir Thomas Munro]
|commander2=Ganpat Rao
|strength1=4,000
|strength2=6,000 with 14 guns<br>900 garrison
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Solapur<br>
Spelling variants:Sholapoor
== Field Force ==
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|Bombay European Regiment]]
*Rifle Corps
*4th Madras Native Infantry
*[[18th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|2nd Battalion 9th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*1st Battalion 7th Madras Native Infantry
*[[84th Punjab Regiment|2nd Battalion 12th Madras Native Infantry]]
*Two squadrons HM [[22nd Light Dragoons]]
*Artillery
*Four companies of Pioneers
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War 3rd Maratha War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=vlCOMfk4S2wC&pg=PA299&lpg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Sholapoor] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yN4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77&dq=Journals+of+the+sieges+of+the+Madras+army+Seetabuldee&cd=3#v=twopage&q=Waseeota&f=false Attack on Sholapoor]
[[Category:Battles|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
[[Category:Reserve Division Campaign|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
[[Category:3rd Maratha War|Sholapoor, Capture of]]
