The Battle of Bhima Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima.

In 1818 around five hundred Mahar Dalit soldiers who were part of the British army defeated their Peshwa oppressors despite being largely outnumbered in battle The Battle of Bhima Koregaon is ...