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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