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What were
the causes of the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 10 Oct, 2016, 10:34: AM
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- Peshwa Baji Rao II was a weak and indecisive ruler.
- After the death of Nana Phadnavis followed conflict, ambition and mutual rivalries among the Maratha chiefs.
- The lack of unity among the Maratha chiefs and the power struggle between them proved beneficial to the British.
- In 1802, Peshwa Baji Rao II, supported by Sindhia, was defeated by Holkar.
- Baji Rao II fled to Bassein where he signed a subsidiary treaty with the British for protection and support.
- Wellesley assumed that all the other Maratha chiefs would accept the subsidiary treaty.
- But Sindhia and Bhonsale declared war against the British in 1803 and were defeated.
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