First Anglo-Maratha War

First Anglo-Maratha War
Part of the Anglo-Maratha Wars

A mural depicting the British surrender during the First Anglo-Maratha War. The mural is a part of the Victory Memorial (Vijay Stambh) located at Vadgaon Maval (Off NH-4, Malinagar, Vadgaon Maval, Pune).
Date15 March 1775 – 17 May 1782
Location
Result

Maratha victory[1][2][3][4]

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Maratha Confederacy

Commanders and leaders
Strength

93,000 troops total[3][8]

23 ships[8]

Around 146,000 troops total[3][8]

14 ships[8]

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Confederacy in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai. The war, fought in between Surat and Poona, saw British defeat and restoration of positions of both the parties before the war. Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal decided not to attack Pune directly.

  1. ^ Barua, P. (2005). The State at War in South Asia. Studies in war, society, and the military. University of Nebraska Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8032-1344-9. Marathas thoroughly defeated the British. Finally, under severe pressure from London, the British sought peace.
  2. ^ Y G Bhave (2005). Modern Hindu Trinity : Ambedkar-Hedgewar-Gandhi. Northern Book Centre. p. 10. ISBN 9788172111632. When they were united they inflicted a crushing defeat on the English in the 1st Anglo-Maratha war and the treaty of Salbai
  3. ^ a b c d West, Barbara A. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania. Vol. M to Z. Facts On File. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-8160-7109-8. This period also coincided with the First Anglo-Maratha War, which was settled only in 1782 with a Maratha victory over the British and their local allies.
  4. ^ Richard Ernest Dupuy, Gay M. Hammerman, Grace P. Hayes (1977). The American Revolution: A Global War. David McKay Company, Incorporated. ISBN 9780679506485. Thereafter the Marathas defeated British-led forces.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ James C. Bradford (December 2004). International Encyclopedia of Military History. Routledge. p. 867. ISBN 9781135950347. British were compelled to restore all lands annexed from the Marathas since 1773 and renounced their connection with the would-be Peshwa, Raghunath Rao.
  6. ^ Richard Ernest Dupuy, Gay M. Hammerman, Grace P. Hayes (1977). The American Revolution: A Global War. David McKay Company, Incorporated. p. 247. ISBN 9780679506485. Hastings promptly repudiated the Treaty of Wadgaon and sent troops from Calcutta all the way across central India to strengthen the Bombay forces. One by one they captured Maratha cities. In May 1782 a new treaty was signed with the Marathas, the Treaty of Salbai. Although it merely restored the status quo ante bellum, this treaty gave the British twenty years of peace with the Marathas and permitted them to concentrate their efforts against the French and the forces of Mysore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Thorpe, Edgar; Thorpe, Showick (2011). Concise General Knowledge Manual. Pearson Education India. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-317-5512-9.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kantak, M. R. (1993). The First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783: A Military Study of Major Battles. Popular Prakashan. p. 220. ISBN 978-81-7154-696-1.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Naravane2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Duff, James Grant (1878). "History of the Mahrattas".

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