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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Battle of Farrukhabad
| partof = the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]
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| date = 14 November 1804
| place = [[Farrukhabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|27.37|N|79.63|E|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Uttar Pradesh#India
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| map_caption = Location within [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| map_label = Farrukhabad
| territory =
| result = Maratha victory<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors|last=Eraly|first=Abraham|pages=259}}</ref>
| status =
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|British East India Company flag.svg}} [[East India Company]]
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} [[Maratha Empire]]
| commander1 = [[Yashwantrao Holkar]]
| commander2 = [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|Gerard Lake]]
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{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Maratha War}}

The '''Battle of Farrukhabad''' (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] between forces of the [[British East India Company]] and the forces of [[Yashwantrao Holkar]] of the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors|last=Eraly|first=Abraham|pages=259}}</ref>

==Battle==
The battle took place at [[Farrukhabad]] in what is now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].{{efn|It is also known as the '''Battle of Fatehgarh''' after the town of [[Fatehgarh]] which is the administrative headquarters of the district and at that time contained a fort with military significance.}} The Company's forces, led by General [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|Gerard Lake]], surprised Holkar's forces after making forced marches of more than {{convert|60|mi|km}} in the preceding 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors|last=Eraly|first=Abraham|pages=259}}</ref>

Lake "...attacked the Maratha camp where the soldiers were still sleeping off the effects of the previous night's revelry." Holkar himself very narrowly escaped capture in the attack.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors|last=Eraly|first=Abraham|pages=259}}</ref> The battle ended in a Maratha victory and the British forces were routed.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=93}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[Farrukhabad]] is one of the three [[tehsil]]s in the [[Farrukhabad District]] of the [[States of India|State]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[north India|northern]] [[India]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*[[Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet|Alison, Sir Archibald]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OsMaAAAAYAAJ&dq=Holkar%20Lake%20furruckabad%201804&pg=PA123#v=onepage&q=Holkar%20Lake%20furruckabad%201804&f=false ''History of Europe'', Volume 11]

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