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INDIA - TREATIES -
TREATY OF SALBAI |
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Date-wise Events |
- May 17, 1782:
It was signed on this day with the objective of arriving at
a Settlement of the outcome of the First Anglo-Maratha war.
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Description |
- It was signed 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 (that started with Treaty
of Surat and ended with Treaty of Salbai).
- The Company retained control of Salsette
and Broach and acquired guarantees that the
Marathas would defeat Hyder Ali of Mysore
and retake territories in the Carnatic.
- The Marathas also guaranteed that the French
would be prohibited from establishing settlements
on their territories.
- The Company agreed to pension off Marathas' protégé,
Raghunath Rao.
- Madhavrao II was acknowledged as Peshwa
of the Maratha Empire.
- The British also returned all his territories to
Mahadji Scindia west of the Yamuna river.
- All the territories occupied by the British after the
Treaty of Purandar were given back to the
Marathas.
- The Treaty resulted into an era of peace for
almost 2 decades.
- The Second Anglo-Maratha War took place in 1802.
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