siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Delhi
Siege of Delhi was a siege conducted on 8 October 1804 at Delhi, in what is now India; it lasted 11 days. It was part of Second Anglo-Maratha War, which ran from 1803 to 1805. The recorded result: Siege abandoned. Recorded strength: c. 2,500 against 20,000 men.
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Where it sits in Second Anglo-Maratha War
Record
| Date | 8 October 1804 to 19 October 1804 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Delhi, India 28.667N, 77.217E | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Strength | c. 2,500 | 20,000 men |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 296 killed; 29 wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Delhi 1857, same recorded site
- Battle of Kili 1299, 1.9 km SE
- Battle of Badli-ki-Serai 1857, 7.5 km NW
- Battle of Delhi 1803, 7.8 km S
- Battle of Panchgaon 1775, 50 km SW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1299 and 1857.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Mukandwara Pass 8 July 1804
- After: Battle of Deeg 13 November 1804
- All 14 engagements of Second Anglo-Maratha War
Elsewhere in 1804
- Battle of Sitka United States
- Action of 5 October 1804 Portugal
- Battle of Ganja Azerbaijan
- Siege of Erivan Armenia
- Battle of Suriname Suriname
Siege of Delhi is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16931419, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Delhi (1804), revision 1385593853, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.