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Name: Anglo-Maratha Wars

Type: Event

Start: 1775 AD

End: 1818 AD

Parent: Anglo-Indian Wars

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Was a series of wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India.

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1. First Anglo-Maratha War


Was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. .

  • February 1779: In 1779, British General Goddard led 6,000 troops to capture Ahmedabad's Bhadra Fort from the Marathas, marking a significant victory for the British East India Company in their expansion across India.
  • November 1778: Following a treaty between France and the Poona Government in 1776, the Bombay Government decided to invade and reinstate Raghoba, a claimant to the Maratha throne. They sent a force under Col. Egerton, which reached Khopoli in 1778 during the First Anglo-Maratha War.
  • January 1779: The British East India Company made its way through the Western Ghats at Bhor Ghat and onwards toward Karla.
  • August 1780: Bengal detachment led by Captain Popham captured Gwalior.
  • May 1782: The Treaty of Salbai was signed on 17 May 1782, by representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company after long negotiations to settle the outcome of the First Anglo-Maratha War. The borders were reverted to the status quo ante bellum and British forces left the occupied regions.
  • March 1776: The Treaty of Purandhar (1 March 1776) annulled that of Surat, Raghunathrao was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but the revenues of Salsette and Broach districts were retained by the British.
  • December 1780: Goddard also captured Bassein.
  • March 1775: The Treaty of Surat on 6 March 1775. According to the treaty, Raghunathrao ceded the territories of Salsette and Bassein (Vasai) to the British, along with part of the revenues from Surat and Bharuch districts.
  • January 1779: Finally the British were forced to retreat back to Wadgaon, but were soon surrounded. The British surrendered and were forced to sign the Treaty of Wadgaon on 16 Jan. 1779, a victory for the Marathas.
  • March 1775: The British occupied Salsette Island in 1774.

  • 2. Second Anglo-Maratha War


    Was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. .

  • December 1802: Baji Rao, the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, fled the Maratha invasion to British protection, and in December the same year concluded the Treaty of Bassein with the British East India Company, ceding territory for the maintenance of a subsidiary force.
  • October 1803: British forces took the pettah of Asirgarh Fort.
  • December 1803: Raghoji II Bhonsale of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon in Odisha with the British after the Battle of Argaon and gave up the province of Cuttack (which included Mughal and the coastal part of Odisha, Garjat/the princely states of Odisha, Balasore Port, parts of Midnapore district of West Bengal).
  • December 1803: On 30 December 1803, the Daulat Scindia signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon with the British after the Battle of Assaye and Battle of Laswari and ceded to the British Rohtak, Gurgaon, Ganges-Jumna Doab, the Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, some districts of Gujarat and the fort of Ahmmadnagar.
  • January 1804: The British strategy included Wellesley securing the Deccan Plateau.

  • 3. Third Anglo-Maratha War


    Was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India.

  • January 1818: Battle of Koregaon.
  • November 1817: In 1817, General Sir Thomas Hislop led the British East India Company troops, including Colonel Smith, to cross the river and establish positions at Ghorpadi during the Third Anglo-Maratha War in India.
  • January 1818: After the Battle of Mahidpur The ministers made overtures of peace, and on 6 January 1818 the Treaty of Mandeswar was signed. Holkar accepted the British terms in totality and came under British authority as an independent prince subject to the advice of a British Resident.
  • January 1818: British commanders began arriving with reinforcements: Lieutenant Colonel Rahan on 29 November, Major Pittman on 5 December, and Colonel Doveton on 12 December. The British counterattack was severe and Appa Saheb was forced to surrender. The British lost 300 men, of which 24 were Europeans. The Marathas lost an equal number. A treaty was signed on 9 January 1818. Appa Saheb was allowed to rule over nominal territories with several restrictions. Most of his territory, including the forts, was now controlled by the British.
  • February 1818: British General Smith entered Satara and captured the royal palace of the Marathas.
  • February 1818: Mountstuart Elphinstone mentions the capture of Sinhagadh in his diary entry.
  • June 1818: Baji Rao surrendered to the British.
  • April 1818: General Smith's forces had taken the forts of Sinhagad and Purandar.

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