Battle of Mahidpur

Overview

The Battle of Mahidpur was fought during the Third Anglo-Maratha War between the Indore State of the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company at Mahidpur, a town in the Malwa region, on 21 December 1817.

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Significance

The Battle of Mahidpur was a major engagement of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, pitting the Indore State of the Maratha Confederacy against the British East India Company in the Malwa region. Indore State sustained casualties of approximately 3,000, a loss that effectively ended its capacity to continue organized resistance. The engagement was part of the broader British campaign to suppress the Maratha Confederacy, and the defeat of Indore—one of its constituent powers—contributed to the dismantling of Maratha political and military independence across central India.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)