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| Battle of Mahidpur | |||||||
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| Part of theThird Anglo-Maratha War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 East India Co. |  Indore State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of Malhar Rao Holkar III | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 174 killed, 604 wounded[1] | Around 3,000 killed and wounded[1] | ||||||
TheBattle of Mahidpur was fought during theThird Anglo-Maratha War between theIndore State of theMaratha Confederacy and theBritish East India Company atMahidpur, a town in theMalwa region, on 21 December 1817.[1][2]
On 21 December 1817, the British, led bySir Thomas Hislop, attacked the Holkar army led by 11-year-oldMaharajaMalhar Rao Holkar III, 22-year-oldHari Rao Holkar and 20-year-oldBhima Bai Holkar. The Holkar artillery, led by Roshan Beg, attacked them with a long line of 63cannons. At one point, the British were on the verge of losing the battle. However, they were helped byGafur Khan, a traitor in the Holkar camp. Khan deserted the battlefield with the force under his command. After this, the Holkars were decisively defeated.[1]
Malhar Rao III, Tatya Jog and others escaped toAlot.[1] A peace treaty was signed on 6 January 1818 atMandsaur. The Holkars accepted all the terms laid down by the British in the Treaty of Mandsaur. At the conclusion of this Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Holkars lost much of their territory to the British and were incorporated into theBritish Raj as a princely state of theCentral India Agency.
This battle led to the final destruction of Maratha power.Baji Rao II, who was trying to consolidate Marathas, finally surrendered in June 1818. The British abolished the position of thePeshwa (prime minister), and the Marathas were limited to the small kingdom ofSatara until its annexation intoBombay state in 1848.
