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Events on Friday 23 September 1803 1
1803Battle of AssayeWellington defeats Maratha forces in IndiaBritish East India Company forces under Major-General Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, defeated a much larger Maratha army at Assaye. The victory was a turning point in the Second Anglo-Maratha War and a major step in British dominance over central India. Wellesley later called it his finest military achievement.