battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Poona
Battle of Poona was a battle fought on 25 October 1802 at Pune, in what is now India. It was part of Second Anglo-Maratha War, which ran from 1803 to 1805. The recorded result: Holkar Indore victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 cavalry against 25,000 cavalry and 25 cannonballs.
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Record
| Date | 25 October 1802 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Pune, India 18.532N, 73.857E | |
| Part of | Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803 to 1805) | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Holkar Indore victory | |
| Belligerents | 25px Indore State | 25px Peshwa; 25px Gwalior State |
| Commanders | 25px Yashwantrao Holkar; 25px Amrutrao | 25px Baji Rao II; 25px Daulat Rao Sindhia |
| Strength | 20,000 cavalry | 25,000 cavalry and 25 cannonballs |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown, but very less | 2,000+ killed in battle |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Khadki 1817, 3.6 km
- Battle of Koregaon 1818, 25 km
- Battle of Uruli 1762, 30 km
- Siege of Purandhar 1665, 31 km
- Battle of Wadgaon 1779, 33 km
In the same war
- After: Siege of Ahmednagar 8 August 1803
- All 13 engagements of Second Anglo-Maratha War
Elsewhere in 1802
- Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Haiti
- Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Haiti
- First Battle of Tripoli Harbor Libya
- Batalla de Plaisance (1802) Haiti
- Batalla de Kellola Haiti
Battle of Poona is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 205 in present-day India.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872079, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Poona, revision 1376633556, 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.