The world in the Age of RevolutionWars and battles
Battle of Assaye
A small army of the British East India Company under Major General Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) defeated the combined forces of the Maratha rulers Daulat Rao Sindhia and the Raja of Berar.
- Date
- 23 September 1803exact date
- Place
- Assayetoday: Assaye, Maharashtra, India · South Asia
- Participants
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British East India Company, Maratha Confederacy, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- Threads
- The world in the Age of Revolution
The decisive battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Wellesley later called Assaye his finest achievement on the battlefield; together with Gerard Lake’s campaign in northern India, the victory made the British the dominant power on the subcontinent.
Connections
Related events
- Fall of Seringapatam and death of Tipu Sultan5 April – 4 May 1799 · South Asiaafter the capture of Seringapatam Arthur Wellesley became governor of Mysore; four years later he defeated the Marathas at Assaye
Same participants
- Battle of Trafalgar21 October 1805 · Western and Central Europevia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Peninsular War2 May 1808 – 17 April 1814 · Western and Central Europevia Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811 · Southeast Asia and Oceaniavia British East India Company
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- Haitian Declaration of Independence1 January 1804 · Latin America
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