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=Argaon=

Village in the Akot taluk of Akola District, Berar, situ- 
ated in 2i° 7 r N. and 76 59' E. Population (1901), 3,131. The 
place, the name of which means ' village of wells,' is mentioned in 
the Ain-i-Akbari as the head-quarters of a pargana. On the broad 
plain, intersected by watercourses, before Argaon, General Wellesley 
gained a great victory (November 29, 1803) over the Nagpur army 
under Venkajl, brother of Raghuji Bhonsla. The battle was followed 
up by the capture of Gawilgarh. A medal, with a bar commemorative 
of Argaon, was struck in 185 1 and presented to the surviving officers 
and soldiers.