Argaon

Argaon

Argaon ( or Adgaon ) is a village located in Telhara tehsil near Akot in Akola district of Maharashtra, India, 32 mi north of Akola. The village is known for the Battle of Argaon between British and Marathas during Second Anglo-Maratha War. Today it is small railway station (Station code - ABZ ) under Akola- Khandwa meter-gauge railway line under South Central Railway.

The Battle of Argaon took place on November 28 1803, between the British under the command of General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and the forces of The Rajah of Berar under Sindhia of Gwalior. The battlefield is located between Adgaon and Sirsoli.

Three of Wellesley's battalions, which had previously fought well, on this occasion broke and fled, and the situation was at one time very serious. Wellesley, however, succeeded in rallying them, and in the end defeated the Marathas, with the loss of all their guns and baggage. The British lost 346 killed and wounded.

ee also

* Second Anglo-Maratha War.


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