Bapu Gokhale
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Bapu Gokhale was a general working for the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War
. He was entrusted by Peshwa Baji Rao II
with the preparations of the Third Anglo-Maratha War
against the British in 1818. He died on February 19, 1818 during the battle of Ashti
while defending the Peshwa from the British. He fought bravely and died with a sword in his hand just as he had wished he would have preferred to.
Third Anglo-Maratha War
The Third Anglo-Maratha War was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by 110,400 British East India Company troops, the largest...
. He was entrusted by Peshwa Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, and governed from 1796 to 1818. His reign was marked by confrontations with the British.-Biography:...
with the preparations of the Third Anglo-Maratha War
Third Anglo-Maratha War
The Third Anglo-Maratha War was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by 110,400 British East India Company troops, the largest...
against the British in 1818. He died on February 19, 1818 during the battle of Ashti
Ashti, Wardha
Ashti is a town and the tehsil headquarters in Arvi subdivision of Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra....
while defending the Peshwa from the British. He fought bravely and died with a sword in his hand just as he had wished he would have preferred to.