Battle of Aligarh
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The Battle of Aligarh was a 1803 engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War in which British forces under General Gerard Lake captured the fortress of Aligarh from the Marathas, helping secure British dominance in northern India.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Aligarh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23235959 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Aligarh Context triple: [Gerard Lake, notableWork, Battle of Aligarh]
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A.
Battle of Farrukhabad
The Battle of Farrukhabad was a significant engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1804, in which British forces under General Lord Lake defeated the Maratha army led by Holkar near Farrukhabad in northern India.
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B.
Battle of Ramnagar
The Battle of Ramnagar was an 1848 engagement during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in which British forces clashed with the Sikh army along the banks of the Chenab River in Punjab.
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C.
Battle of Bajwara
The Battle of Bajwara was a significant early 18th-century clash between Mughal forces and the Sikhs that formed part of the broader Mughal–Sikh conflicts in northern India.
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D.
Battle of Mahidpur
The Battle of Mahidpur was a decisive 1817 engagement in central India during the Third Anglo-Maratha War, in which British forces defeated the Holkar Marathas and paved the way for the consolidation of British rule over much of the subcontinent.
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E.
Battle of Bhangani
The Battle of Bhangani was a 1688 conflict near Paonta Sahib in which Guru Gobind Singh and his allies defeated a coalition of hill chieftains, marking a significant early military victory in Sikh history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Aligarh Target entity description: The Battle of Aligarh was a 1803 engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War in which British forces under General Gerard Lake captured the fortress of Aligarh from the Marathas, helping secure British dominance in northern India.
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A.
Battle of Farrukhabad
The Battle of Farrukhabad was a significant engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1804, in which British forces under General Lord Lake defeated the Maratha army led by Holkar near Farrukhabad in northern India.
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B.
Battle of Ramnagar
The Battle of Ramnagar was an 1848 engagement during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in which British forces clashed with the Sikh army along the banks of the Chenab River in Punjab.
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C.
Battle of Bajwara
The Battle of Bajwara was a significant early 18th-century clash between Mughal forces and the Sikhs that formed part of the broader Mughal–Sikh conflicts in northern India.
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D.
Battle of Mahidpur
The Battle of Mahidpur was a decisive 1817 engagement in central India during the Third Anglo-Maratha War, in which British forces defeated the Holkar Marathas and paved the way for the consolidation of British rule over much of the subcontinent.
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E.
Battle of Bhangani
The Battle of Bhangani was a 1688 conflict near Paonta Sahib in which Guru Gobind Singh and his allies defeated a coalition of hill chieftains, marking a significant early military victory in Sikh history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
General Gerard Lake