# Canonical recap data for Battle of Assaye (1803)
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slug: battle-assaye
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1803/battle-assaye"
title: Battle of Assaye
subtitle: Wellesley's triumph over the Maratha Confederacy consolidated British dominion across the Indian subcontinent.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1803-09-23
datePrecision: day
year: 1803
decade: 1800
country:
name: India
slug: india
summaryShort: The Battle of Assaye was fought on 23 September 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between the British and Maratha empires. An outnumbered British army led by Major-general Arthur Wellesley defeated a Maratha army under the command of Daulatrao Scindia and Raghoji II Bhonsle near Assaye in western India. The batt
summaryLong: The Battle of Assaye was fought on 23 September 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between the British and Maratha empires. An outnumbered British army led by Major-general Arthur Wellesley defeated a Maratha army under the command of Daulatrao Scindia and Raghoji II Bhonsle near Assaye in western India. The battle was Wellesley's first major victory and one he would later describe as his finest accomplishment on the battlefield, even more so than his more famous victories in the Peninsular War and his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Battle_of_Assaye.jpeg/1280px-Battle_of_Assaye.jpeg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Battle of Assaye"
importance: 68
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye"
  title: Battle of Assaye
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Battle of Assaye was fought on 23 September 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between the British and Maratha empires. An outnumbered British army le
wikidataQid: Q2095678
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260610052917/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-10
  label: Battle of Assaye
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye"
