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INDIA - FREEDOM
STRUGGLE -
TREATY OF PURANDHAR (1776) |
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Date-wise Events |
- March 01, 1776: Signed this
day, it was a pact between the peshwa (chief minister) of
the Marāthā people and the supreme government of the British
East India Company.
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Description |
After the death of the
peshwa Narāyan Rāo in 1773, his uncle Raghunath Rāo tried to
secure the succession. The company’s Bombay government supported
Raghunath’s claim in the Treaty of Surat (March 7, 1775) in
return for Salsette Island and Bassein (Vasai). But the supreme
government disallowed this treaty and sent its own agent to
renegotiate. The resulting Treaty of Purandhar annulled that of
Surat. Raghunath was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but
Salsette and the Broach revenues were retained by the British.
The tangle was increased by the support of the London
authorities for Bombay, which in 1778–79 again supported
Raghunath. Peace was finally restored in 1782. |
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