Important treaties in history of India

1. Treaty of Asurar Ali

1639

The treaty established the boundary between the Mughal empire and the Ahom kingdom ending the Mughal's efforts to conquer Ahom.

2. Treaty of Purandar

1665

Signed between Rajput ruler and commander of Mughal Empire Jai Singh I, and Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was forced to sign the agreement after Jai Singh besieged Purandar fort.

3. Treaty of Alinagar

1757

Signed between Siraj-ud-dwala and Robert Clive allowing the British to fortify Calcutta and also allow British goods to pass through Bengal without duties.

4. Treaty of Allahabad

1765

Signed between Robert Clive and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II allowing the British Diwani Rights or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa.

5. Treaty of Madras

1769

The Treaty of Madras was signed between the British and Hyder Ali of Mysore to bring to an end the first Mysore War. Under the treaty, both the parties agreed to return the areas won by each and to support each other in case of a third party invasion.

6. Treaty of Purandar

1776

Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the first phase of the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.

7. Treaty of Wadgaon

1779

Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the second phase of the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.

8. Treaty of Salbai  

 1782  

Signed between Maratha Empire and the British East India Company after long negotiations to settle the outcome of the First Anglo-Maratha War it was signed between Warren Hastings and Mahadaji Scindia.

9. Treaty of Seringapatam

1792

Signed between the British (Lord Cornwallis), the Marathas, Hyderabad and Tipu Sultan. This ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War allowing the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British to annex almost half of Tipu Sultan's territories.

10. Treaty of Bassein (now called Vasai) 

1802

Signed between the British East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha Peshwa of Pune (Poona) in India after the Battle of Poona. The treaty was a decisive step in the dissolution of the Maratha Empire, which led to the East India Company's usurpation of the empire's territories in western India in 1818.

11. Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli, Soogoulee)

1816

signed between the East India Company and Raj Guru Gajaraj Mishra with Chandra Shekha, the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal

12. Treaty of Yandabo

1826

Signed between General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side, and the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin from the Burmese side, without any due permission and consent of the Ahom kingdom, Kachari kingdom or the other territories covered in the treaty. With the British army at Yandabo village, only 80 km (50 mi) from the capital Ava, the Burmese were forced to accept the British terms without discussion

13. Treaty of Lahore

1846

Signed between Governor General Henry Hardinge for the British and members of Lahore darbar representing the young Maharaja Duleep Singh Bahadur. The treaty marked the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

14. Treaty of Amritsar

1846

The Treaty of Amritsar followed the Treaty of Lahore. By this treaty the British East India Company sold Kashmir to Maharaja Gulab Singh, whose dynasty ruled till 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh acceded Kashmir to India.