Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Yashwantrao Holkar

Ruler of Holkar State, 1776 to 1811

Yashwantrao Holkar is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1801 and 1805: 5 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,341 km apart end to end, 390 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Anglo-Maratha War (6).

Battle of UjjainSiege of Deeg FortBattle of PoonaSiege of DelhiBattle of DeegBattle of FarrukhabadBattle of BharatpurBattle of PoonaSiege of DelhiBattle of DeegBattle of FarrukhabadBattle of BharatpurKarachiHyderabadAhmedabadSuratKanpurNagpurPatnaBhopalVishakhapatnamHyderabad1000 km23.599N, 76.743E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1801: 1 engagements1802: 1 engagements1804: 4 engagements4 in 18041805: 1 engagements18011805
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ujjain, 1801Battle of Poona, 1802Siege of Delhi, 1804Battle of Deeg, 1804Battle of Farrukhabad, 1804Siege of Deeg Fort, 1804Battle of Bharatpur, 180518011805
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 July 1801Battle of UjjainIndiaScindia victory
25 October 1802Battle of PoonaPune, India543 km SHolkar Indore victory
8 October 1804Siege of DelhiDelhi, India1,178 km NSiege abandoned
13 November 1804Battle of DeegDeeg, India134 km SBritish victory
14 November 1804Battle of FarrukhabadFarrukhabad, India227 km EBritish victory
11 December 1804Siege of Deeg FortDeeg, India227 km WBritish victory
2 January 1805Battle of BharatpurBharatpur State, India32 km SEJat - Maratha victory

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.