Baroda State

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Was a polity in modern-day Gujarat, in India. It was a losse vassal of the Maratha Confederacy.

Establishment

January 1722: The Baroda State was founded in 1721, when the Maratha general Pilaji Gaekwad conquered Songadh from the Mughals.

Chronology

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1. Anglo-Indian Wars

Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

1.1.Anglo-Maratha Wars

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

1.1.1.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.

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.

Disestablishment

January 1806: After the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805), the East India Company wrested control of much of Gujarat from the Marathas. However the Gaekwads of Baroda (Vadodara), made a separate peace with the British, entering into a subsidiary alliance which acknowledged British suzerainty and control of the state's external affairs in return for retaining internal autonomy.