Battle of Kirkee

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Kirkee was a significant 1817 engagement during the Third Anglo-Maratha War in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha army near Pune, consolidating British control in western India.

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Battle of Kirkee canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Khadki ⓘ
Battle of Kirkee, 1817 ⓘ
associatedWith British East India Company expansion in India ⓘ
Peshwa Baji Rao II’s resistance to British influence ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
Peshwa faction ⓘ
surface form: Peshwa faction of the Marathas
campaign British campaign against the Peshwa in 1817–1818 ⓘ
cause tensions between the British East India Company and the Peshwa ⓘ
combatant British East India Company forces ⓘ
Maratha ⓘ
surface form: Maratha army
commander Brigadier-General Lionel Smith ⓘ
Baji Rao II ⓘ
surface form: Peshwa Baji Rao II
conflict Third Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
country India ⓘ
date 5 November 1817 ⓘ
era British colonial period ⓘ
surface form: British colonial period in India
followedBy Siege of Pune ⓘ
surface form: British occupation of Pune

further British advances against Maratha forces ⓘ
geographicalContext near the Mula-Mutha river ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
involved artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
legacy marked a turning point in British control over western India ⓘ
location Kirkee ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Pune district ⓘ
near Pune ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
surface form: western India
militaryTheater South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
outcome expansion of British territorial control in the Deccan ⓘ
weakening of Maratha political power ⓘ
partOf Third Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
precededBy outbreak of the Third Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
region Deccan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Deccan
result British victory ⓘ
significance consolidated British control in western India ⓘ
helped secure British dominance over the Peshwa ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
year 1817 ⓘ

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Battle of Khadki → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kirkee ⓘ
Anglo-Maratha Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Kirkee ⓘ
Baji Rao II → battle → Battle of Kirkee ⓘ