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INDIAN HISTORY
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the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II
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the English and Tipu Sultan
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the English and Holkar
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the English and Gaikwad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Treaty of Bassein, (Dec. 31, 1802), pact between Baji Rao II, the Maratha peshwa of Poona (now Pune) in India, and the British. It was a decisive step in the breakup of the Maratha confederacy. The pact led directly to the East India Company’s annexation of the peshwa’s territories in western India in 1818.
Detailed explanation-2: -The treaty of Bassein was a pact between Baji Rao II, the Maratha peshwa of Poona in India and the British. It was a decisive step in the dissolution of the Maratha Empire. This treaty led to the Second Maratha War between the British and the Marathas, and to the defeat of the three other principal Maratha powers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Peshwa Baji Rao II fled Pune to safety on a British warship. Baji Rao feared loss of his own powers and signed the treaty of Bassein. This made the Peshwa in effect a subsidiary ally of the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -Solution: Baji Rao-II was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire who governed from 1795 to 1818. He was installed as a puppet ruler by the Maratha Nobles, whose growing power prompted him to flee his capital and sign the treaty of Bassein 1802 with British.