HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Holkar
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Bhonsle
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The Peshwas
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Scindia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The five Maratha chiefs entered into subsidiary alliance as follows: Peshava-1802 Scindia-1804 Gaekwa-1805 Bhonsle-1806 Holkar-1818.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Holkar State of Indore was the last Maratha confederation member to accept the Subsidiary Alliance in 1818.
Detailed explanation-3: -After that, the Nawab of Awadh accepted the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, other groups were forced to join in the alliance that the Maratha ruler Baji Rao II also accepted a subsidiary alliance.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maratha Empire came to an end in 1818, with its last Peshwa being Baji Rao II.
Detailed explanation-5: -The difference between the Maratha chieftains led Peshwa Balaji Rao II to seek the help of the British. He signed the Treaty of Bassein and entered the Subsidiary Alliance.