modern India · British

Battle of Ashti

The defeat and death of Bapu Gokhale removed the Peshwa’s leading commander and accelerated Baji Rao II’s eventual surrender.

UPSC relevance

Relevant for the closing phase of the Third Anglo-Maratha War and abolition of the Peshwaship.

The visual decisiveness bar on the explorer is an editorial study aid, not a troop-strength or casualty estimate.