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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Maharashtra}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Assaye<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | settlement_type = village<br /> | image_skyline = Battle of Assaye.jpeg<br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = [[Battle of Assaye]]<br /> | nickname = <br /> | map_alt = <br /> | map_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = <br /> | coordinates = {{coord|20.245126|N|75.887396|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = India<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Jalna district|Jalna]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]<br /> | governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]] <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = 411030<br /> | registration_plate = MH 21<br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Assaye&#039;&#039;&#039; is a small village in the [[Jalna district]] of the state of [[Maharashtra]] in western [[India]]. The village was the location of the [[Battle of Assaye]] in 1803, fought between the [[Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]].<br /> <br /> It became the first real victory for the young general [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later Duke of Wellington).&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|author=Boué, Gilles|chapter=Assaye|editor=Sandler, Stanley|title=Ground warfare: an international encyclopedia, Volume 1|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2002|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&amp;pg=PA67}}&lt;/ref&gt; Here he commanded a vastly outnumbered combined force of British and Sepoy regiments against a mixed modernised and tribal Maratha army. He always described this as his greatest military victory.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Villages in Jalna district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Jalna-geo-stub}}</div>

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