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| | Battle of Assaye: The Times Report - Sidebar - MSN Encarta |
 | | This report on the Battle of Assaye appeared in The Times on March 30, 1804. |
 | | The battle, fought in September 1803 during the Maratha Wars in India, saw a victory for a British army led by Arthur Wellesley—later the 1st Duke of Wellington—over an army representing the Maratha Confederacy, the Hindu state that dominated much of India in the 18th century. |
 | | Despite this defeat, the Maratha states, which often were in conflict among themselves, were only to lose their independence to Britain after a total of three conflicts had been fought (in 1775-1782, 1803-1805, and 1817-1818). |
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