- Battle of Mahidpur
The Battle of Mahidpur was fought during the
Third Anglo-Maratha War between theMarathas and the British led by Sir Thomas Hislop atMahidpur , a town in theMalwa region, on20 December 1817 .One of the sardars of Holkar army, Gaffur Khan Pindari, secretly signed a treaty with the British on
9 November 1817 and accordingly killed Tulsibai on19 December 1817 . The British, led by Sir Thomas Hislop, attacked on20 December 1817 and defeated the army led by 11-year-old Maharaja Malharrao Holkar (III), 20-year-old Harirao Holkar and 20-year-old Bhimabai Holkar in the Battle of Mahidpur. The British gave the Jahagir of Jawara to Gaffur Khan after the battle. The treaty was signed on6 January 1818 atMandsaur (Treaty of Mandsaur ).Bhimabai Holkar didn't accepted the treaty, and kept attacking the British by guerrilla method. Maharani Laxmibai of Jhanshi took inspiration from Bhimabai Holkar and fought against the British. 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. British abolished the position ofPeshwa , and Marathas were limited to the small kingdom ofSatara until its annexation toBombay state in 1848.References
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