Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Which treaty was signed before the Second Anglo-Maratha War by Peshwa?

• A. Treaty of Salbai
• B. Treaty of Bassein
• C. Treaty of Salsette
• D. Treaty of Sugauli

Answer 1

The correct option is B Treaty of Bassein

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> In the early 19th century, Peshwa Balaji Rao II signed the Treaty of Bassein with the British and entered the Subsidiary Alliance. The other Maratha leaders did not like this and went to war with the British - the Second Anglo-Maratha War.