ANGLO-MARATHA STRUGGLE
Prominent Maratha Families after Third Battle of Panipat (1761) are given below:
▪️First Anglo Maratha War
(1775-1782)
Treaty of Surat: between Raghunath Rao and the English Gave up Salsette and Bassein in return of English army.
Treaty of Purandhar: above treaty was cancelled by Calcutta Council.
🔸The Regency renounced Raghunath Rao kept him under Pension. Nana Phadnavis defied this treaty. The British retaliated. Treaty of Wadgaon was signed.
✅ Treaty of Salbai: Treaty of Wadgaon rejected by Warren Hastings. He defeated Sindhias. Peace was signed for 20 years.
▪️Second Anglo Maratha War
(1803-1805)
✅Jaswant Rao Holkar defeated forces of Bajirao II (Peshwa) and the Scindia
✅Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between the British and the Peshwa in return of Poona’s throne.
✅Peshwa accepted Subsidiary Alliance.
✅Scindia and Bhosle tried to save Maratha independence.
✅They were defeated by Arthur Wellesley and signed Subsidiary treaty.
✅Jaswant Rao Holkar was defeated in 1804.
▪️Third Anglo Maratha War
(1817-1819)
✅ Treaty of Bassein surrendered Maratha’s independence.
✅ In 1817, Peshwa attacked British Residency at Poona.
✅It was the last bid to save Maratha kingdom. He rallied all Maratha chiefs against the British. They were defeated.
✅Treaty of Poona: with Peshwa
✅ Treaty of Gwalior: Sindhias
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