Question

Write a short note on three Anglo maratha wars

Answer 1

The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Maratha Empire in India. It began with an invasion of the Maratha territory by British East India Company troops, the largest such British controlled force massed in India.

Third Maratha War (1817-18): The two main causes that led to the third and the final conflict between the British and the Marathas were (1) the growing desire of the Marathas to get back their lost territories and (2) excessive control over Maratha nobles and chiefs by the British.

The main cause of the second Maratha war due to the defeat of the peshwa Baji Rao II by the Holkars, one of the prominent Maratha clans, as a result of which he accepted British protection by signing the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802. As a result, the second Anglo-Maratha war broke out in Central India in 1803.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Anglo–Maratha Wars

The Anglo–Maratha War were three wars fought in the Indian sub-continent between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company over territory. They were:

First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782)

Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805)

Third Anglo-Maratha War (also known as the Pindari War) (1817–1818).