Describe three wars three leader in two pages each you have studied
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The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by British East India Company troops,[2] and although the British were outnumbered, the Maratha army was decimated. The troops were led by Governor General Hastings, supported by a force under General Thomas Hislop. Operations began against the Pindaris, a band of Muslim mercenaries and Marathas from central India.[note 1]
Third Anglo-Maratha War[1]
Part of the Anglo-Maratha Wars
Indian Camp Scene.jpg
Indian Camp Scene
Date November 1817 – April 1819
Location
The modern state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas
Result
British Victory
Formal end of the Peshwa rule.
Shinde, Holkar and Bhonsale subjected to British suzerainty.
Chhatrapati (Maratha King) retained under British suzernity.
Control over India by the British East India Company is established
Belligerents
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Confederacy
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Peshwa Baji Rao II
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Malharrao Holkar III
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Mudhoji II Bhonsle
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Daulatrao Shinde
Various Pindaris
United Kingdom British Empire
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company
Flag of the State of Hyderabad (18th century-1900).svg Hyderabad State
Sikh Empire flag.svg Sikh Empire
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Bapu Gokhale (General of Peshwa Baji Rao II)
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Appa Saheb Bhonsle
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Malharrao Holkar III
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Trimbakji Dengle-Patil
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg Francis Rawdon-Hastings
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg John Malcolm
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg Thomas Hislop
Flag of the State of Hyderabad (18th century-1900).svg Asaf Jah II
Sikh Empire flag.svg Ranjit Singh
Peshwa Baji Rao II's forces, supported by those of Mudhoji II Bhonsle of Nagpur and Malharrao Holkar III of Indore, rose against the East India Company. Pressure and diplomacy convinced the fourth major Maratha leader, Daulatrao Shinde of Gwalior, to remain neutral even though he lost control of Rajasthan.
British victories were swift, resulting in the breakup of the Maratha Empire and the loss of Maratha independence. The Peshwa was defeated in the battles of Khadki and Koregaon. Several minor battles were fought by the Peshwa's forces to prevent his capture.[4]
The Peshwa was eventually captured and placed on a small estate at Bithur, near Kanpur. Most of his territory was annexed and became part of the Bombay Presidency. The Maharaja of Satara was restored as the ruler of his territory as a princely state. In 1848 this territory was also annexed by the Bombay Presidency under the doctrine of lapse policy of Lord Dalhousie. Bhonsle was defeated in the battle of Sitabuldi and Holkar in the battle of Mahidpur. The northern portion of Bhonsle's dominions in and around Nagpur, together with the Peshwa's territories in Bundelkhand, were annexed by British India as the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories. The defeat of the Bhonsle and Holkar also resulted in the acquisition of the Maratha kingdoms of Nagpur and Indore by the British. Along with Gwalior from Shinde and Jhansi from the Peshwa, all of these territories became princely states acknowledging British control. The British proficiency in Indian war-making was demonstrated through their rapid victories in Khadki, Sitabuldi, Mahidpur, Koregaon, and Satara