The battle of Assaye was fought on 23 September 1803

 

The battle of Assaye was fought on 23 September 1803, between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company, at Assaye (now known as Assa), in the present-day Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India. The engagement was the culmination of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, and resulted in a British East India Company victory.The battle of Assaye was a major battle fought in September 1803 between the British and the Maratha Confederacy, at Assaye, India. The British were led by Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, and the Marathas by Peshwa Baji Rao II. The battle was the second of three that took place during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. The British under Wellesley defeated the Maratha forces and the battle concluded the campaigns of that year and led to the Treaty of Bassein. The battle is considered one of the turning poinThe battle of Assaye was fought on 23rd September 1803 between the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy, near the village of Assaye (Ahwa), in the present day state of Maharashtra. The Maratha Empire had steadily encroached upon British territory in India, and the Company had responded by increasing its own forces. In 1803, the Maratha army, under the command of General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington), invaded the British-controlled territories in the Deccan Plateau. On 16 September, the armies clashed at Assaye. The battle lasted two days.

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