Battle of Assaye
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The Battle of Assaye was a major 1803 engagement in India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, where Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) won a decisive victory over Maratha forces, significantly expanding British influence in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Assaye canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Assaye Context triple: [Maratha Empire, significantEvent, Battle of Assaye]
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Battle of Balaclava
The Battle of Balaclava was an 1854 Crimean War engagement in which the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade took place, symbolizing both bravery and disastrous military miscommunication.
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Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
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Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
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Battle of Inkerman
The Battle of Inkerman was a major 1854 engagement of the Crimean War in which British and French forces repelled a large Russian attack near Sevastopol, earning a reputation as a brutal, close-quarters "soldiers' battle."
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Battle of Borodino
The Battle of Borodino was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, remembered as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars and a pivotal moment in the French invasion of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Assaye Target entity description: The Battle of Assaye was a major 1803 engagement in India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, where Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) won a decisive victory over Maratha forces, significantly expanding British influence in the region.
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A.
Battle of Balaclava
The Battle of Balaclava was an 1854 Crimean War engagement in which the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade took place, symbolizing both bravery and disastrous military miscommunication.
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B.
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
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C.
Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
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D.
Battle of Inkerman
The Battle of Inkerman was a major 1854 engagement of the Crimean War in which British and French forces repelled a large Russian attack near Sevastopol, earning a reputation as a brutal, close-quarters "soldiers' battle."
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E.
Battle of Borodino
The Battle of Borodino was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, remembered as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars and a pivotal moment in the French invasion of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form:
Nizam of Hyderabad
|
| campaign |
Second Anglo-Maratha War
ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan campaign of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
|
| casualties_British_side | heavy casualties ⓘ |
| casualties_Maratha_side | very heavy casualties ⓘ |
| combatant |
Maratha
ⓘ
surface form:
Maratha Confederacy forces
forces of the British East India Company ⓘ |
| commander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Wellesley
Scindia of Gwalior ⓘ
surface form:
Daulat Rao Scindia
Pohlmann ⓘ Raghoji II Bhonsle ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| date | 23 September 1803 ⓘ |
| describedAsByWellesley | his finest battle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Arthur Wellesley’s later writings ⓘ |
| followedBy | further British advances against Maratha forces ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| laterTitleOfCommander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Wellington
|
| location |
Assaye
ⓘ
India ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ near Jalna ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Wellesley
|
| notableFor |
turning point in British–Maratha relations
ⓘ
use of disciplined infantry and coordinated artillery by the British ⓘ |
| participant |
Hyderabadi contingent allied to the British
ⓘ
Madras Army ⓘ
surface form:
Madras Army units
|
| partOf | Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations of the Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| region |
Deccan Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan
|
| result |
British victory
ⓘ
decisive British victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
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key step in establishing British dominance over the Maratha Confederacy ⓘ major expansion of British influence in central India ⓘ one of Arthur Wellesley’s earliest major victories ⓘ |
| strength_British_side | about 9,500 troops ⓘ |
| strength_Maratha_side |
large Maratha army with European-trained infantry and artillery
ⓘ
over 30,000 troops ⓘ |
| tactics | frontal assault by Wellesley’s forces against a numerically superior enemy ⓘ |
| territorialConsequence |
increased British control in the Deccan region
ⓘ
weakening of Maratha military power ⓘ |
| weaponry | muskets and artillery on both sides ⓘ |
| year | 1803 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Assaye Description of subject: The Battle of Assaye was a major 1803 engagement in India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, where Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) won a decisive victory over Maratha forces, significantly expanding British influence in the region.
Referenced by (16)
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subject surface form:
Arthur Wellesley