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Explain 2nd Anglo Maratha war. |
| Answer» \tAfter Tipu Sultan’s Mysore was captured by the British in 1799, the Marathas were the only major Indian power left outside of British domination.\tAt that time, the Maratha Confederacy consisted of five major chiefs, the Peshwas at Pune, the Gaekwads at Baroda, the Holkars at Indore, the Scindias at Gwalior and the Bhonsles at Nagpur.\tThere were internal squabbles among themselves.\tBaji Rao II (son of Raghunathrao) was installed as the Peshwa after the death of Madhavrao II.\tIn the Battle of Poona in 1802, Yashwantrao Holkar, the chief of the Holkars of Indore defeated the Peshwas and the Scindias.\tBaji Rao II sought British protection and signed the Treaty of Bassein with them.\tAs per this treaty, he ceded territory to the British and agreed to the maintenance of British troops there.\tThe Scindias and the Bhonsles did not accept this treaty and this caused the second Anglo-Maratha war in central India in 1803.\tThe Holkars also joined the battle against the English at a later stage. | |