One of these conflicts began when a local leader signed the Treaty of Surat, ceding the territories of Salsette and Bassein, though those territories were gained back in the Treaty of Wadgaon.
One of these conflicts began when a local leader signed the Treaty of Surat, ceding the territories of Salsette and Bassein, though those territories were gained back in the Treaty of Wadgaon. Another of these conflicts began with the military victory of Yashwantrao Holkar, though that leader remained neutral while his allies, the Scindia and Bhonsle, were crushed at Laswari by Lord Lake. The third and final conflict of this name had as its pretext the capture of the robber bands known as the Pathans and Pindaris and ended with total victory for Lord Hastings, who had earlier supported the puppet Peshwas Raghunath Rao and Baji Rao II in the previous conflicts. For 10 points, name this series of three wars fought between 1775 and 1818 which led to the consolidation of the namesake kingdom under the control of the British East India company.
One of these conflicts began when a local leader signed the Treaty of Surat, ceding the territories of Salsette and Bassein, though those territories were gained back in the Treaty of Wadgaon.
{Anglo}-{Maratha} Wars