Battle of Farrukhabad

Overview

The Battle of Farrukhabad also called the Battle of Fatehgarh was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the East India Company and the forces of Jaswantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire.

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Significance

The Battle of Farrukhabad, also known as the Battle of Fatehgarh, was an engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War pitting East India Company forces against those of Jaswantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire. The battle formed part of the broader British effort to neutralize Holkar's resistance, which had emerged as one of the most sustained Maratha challenges to Company expansion in northern India during the 1803–1805 conflict. Beyond identifying it as a direct confrontation between Lake's Company forces and Holkar's army, the available record does not detail the outcome or its specific operational consequences within the campaign.

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