Question

about anglo maratha war​

Answer 1

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➸ The Third Battle of Panipat (1761) resulted in humiliating defeat of the Marathas.

➸ Further, the Maratha Empire was divided into a loose confederacy and ruled by independent Maratha chiefs such as Sindhias, Holkars, Gaikwads and Bhonsles.

➸ After the death of Peshwa Madhav Rao in 1772, internal quarrels among the Marathas enabled the British to interfere in their internal affairs and this led to a series of wars.

$\textbf{\small{\underline{The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) :- }}}$

➸ The First Anglo-Maratha War ended with the Treaty of Salbai which guaranteed peace with the Marathas for twenty years, thus ending the war but there was no clear victor.

$\textbf{\small{\underline{In Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805) :-}}}$

➸ In Second Anglo-Maratha War, peace was concluded with the British securing Odisha, and parts of Western Gujarat and Bundelkhand from the Marathas.

$\textbf{\small{\underline{The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818) :-}}}$

➸ The Third Anglo-Maratha War was a final and a decisive war fought between the Marathas and the British leaving the Marathas defeated.

➸ The British destroyed the confederacy. The Peshwa was removed and sent to Bithur in Kanpur on a pension of Eight lakh a year and all his territories came under the British control.

➸ With this war, the Company had complete control over all of present day India, South of the Sutlej River.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Anglo–Maratha War were three wars fought in the Indian sub-continent between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company: First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) Third Anglo-Maratha War, also known as the Pindari War (1817–1818).