Maratha–Portuguese conflicts

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The Maratha–Portuguese conflicts were a series of 18th-century military campaigns in western India in which the Maratha Empire, under leaders such as Chimaji Appa, fought to expel Portuguese colonial power from key coastal territories and forts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
war
conflictBetween Maratha Empire NERFINISHED
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
hasBelligerent Maratha Empire NERFINISHED
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
hasCause Maratha expansion on the Konkan coast
Portuguese resistance to Maratha territorial claims
control of coastal trade routes
control of fortified ports
hasCommander Chimaji Appa NERFINISHED
Peshwa Baji Rao I NERFINISHED
hasEffect decline of Portuguese power in North Konkan
expansion of Maratha influence on the western coast
transfer of several forts from Portuguese to Maratha control
hasGoal capture of Portuguese forts and settlements
expulsion of Portuguese colonial power from western India
hasMainTheater coastal territories of Portuguese India
fortified coastal towns
hasNature series of campaigns rather than a single battle
hasOutcome Maratha territorial gains at the expense of the Portuguese
weakening of Portuguese colonial presence in western India
hasParticipant Chimaji Appa NERFINISHED
Peshwa Baji Rao I NERFINISHED
Portuguese Estado da Índia NERFINISHED
hasRegion Indian Ocean littoral NERFINISHED
hasStrategicObjective control of maritime trade on the Konkan coast
removal of European strongholds from Maratha coastal domains
locatedIn Konkan coast NERFINISHED
North Konkan NERFINISHED
western India
opposedBy Portuguese colonial administration in Goa
opposingCommander Portuguese colonial officers in India
Portuguese viceroy of India NERFINISHED
partOf history of Portuguese India
history of the Maratha Empire
relatedTo Maratha expansion in India
Portuguese India NERFINISHED
history of colonialism in India
startTime 18th century
timePeriod early modern period
usedWarfareType naval operations along the Konkan coast
siege warfare

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Chimaji Appa notableWork Maratha–Portuguese conflicts
Chimaji Appa militaryConflict Maratha–Portuguese conflicts
this entity surface form: Maratha–Portuguese War