Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Murari Rao

army general in the Maratha Army, 1699 to 1779

Murari Rao is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1741 and 1786: 2 battles and 5 sieges, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,200 km apart end to end, 200 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Carnatic War (3), battles involving the Maratha Empire (1).

Battle of SeringhamSiege of BadamiSiege of TrichinopolySiege of TrichinopolySiege of TrichinopolySiege of ArcotBattle of ArneeSiege of TrichinopolySiege of TrichinopolySiege of TrichinopolySiege of ArcotBattle of ArneeBengaluruMaduraiKozhikodeKochiVijayawadaHubballiMysuruSalemMangaluruPuducherry500 km13.217N, 77.507E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1741: 1 engagements1743: 1 engagements1751: 3 engagements3 in 17511753: 1 engagements1786: 1 engagements17411786
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Trichinopoly, 1741Siege of Trichinopoly, 1743Siege of Trichinopoly, 1751Siege of Arcot, 1751Battle of Arnee, 1751Battle of Seringham, 1753Siege of Badami, 178617411786
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 January 1741Siege of TrichinopolyTiruchirappalli, IndiaMaratha Empire victory
1743Siege of TrichinopolyTiruchirappalli, India3 km SNizam victory
July 1751Siege of TrichinopolyTiruchirappalli, India3 km NBritish-Maratha Allied Victory
23 September 1751Siege of ArcotArcot, India241 km NBritish-Wallajah-Maratha victory; Wallajah becomes the...
3 December 1751Battle of ArneeArani, India26 km SBritish-Maratha victory
12 April 1753Battle of SeringhamIndia259 km SBritish–Maratha victory
1 May 1786Siege of BadamiBadami, India670 km NWSee Aftermath

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.