small town of Hindostan, in the province of Berar, 24 miles N.N.E. from Jalnapoor, noted for a battle fought near it in September 1803, between a force of 4500 men under General Wellesley, afterwards the Duke of Wellington, and the combined armies of Sindia and the rajah of Nagpoor, amounting to 30,000 men, in which the British were victorious, though with severe loss. Long. 76. 40. E. Lat. 20. 14. N.