Question

Describe the reason for the defect of the Maharashtra by the British in very short answer

Answer 1

The Maratha doomed to their fate due to the same reasons of their assent.

1. Geographical isolation.
2. economic hardships.
3. inferior quality of weapons and less trained forces.
4. lack of wider national sence, their sense of nationalism was limited to Maratha nationalism, they could not cash the idea of India.
5. they were always on warlike situation, hence a substantial amount was spent on military, common masses suffered from the huge taxes and war.