First Anglo-Maratha War

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The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was a conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in western India, marked by shifting alliances and inconclusive fighting that ended with the status-quo-restoring Treaty of Salbai.

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First Anglo-Maratha War canonical 10
First Maratha War 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict
war
alsoKnownAs First Maratha War
belligerent British East India Company
Maratha Empire
Maratha confederacy
linked to: Maratha Empire

Peshwa faction of Raghunath Rao
linked to: Peshwa faction
cause Treaty of Surat (1775)
succession dispute over the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
characteristic inconclusive fighting
shifting alliances
conflictBetween British East India Company
Maratha Empire
duration 7 years
endDate 1782
endedBy Treaty of Salbai
followedBy Second Anglo-Maratha War
historicalPeriod British colonial rule in India
late 18th century
impact checked British territorial expansion in western India temporarily
confirmed Maratha control over large parts of western and central India
involved Bengal Presidency
Bombay Presidency
location western India
notableCommander Colonel Charles Malet
Colonel Thomas Wyndham Goddard
Mahadji Shinde
Nana Fadnavis
Raghunath Rao
partOf Anglo-Maratha Wars
precededBy Maratha campaigns in the Deccan
relatedTo Bombay Government of the East India Company
Governor-General Warren Hastings
linked to: Warren Hastings

Peshwa Madhav Rao II
result Treaty of Salbai
status quo ante bellum
sphere British–Indian relations
Maratha–British diplomacy
linked to: Anglo-Maratha Wars
startDate 1775
status inconclusive military outcome
theatre Gujarat
Maharashtra
Malwa region
linked to: Malwa-Nimar region
treaty Treaty of Purandar (1776)
Treaty of Salbai
Treaty of Surat

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Treaty of Purandar (1776) relatedConflict First Anglo-Maratha War
Treaty of Purandar (1776) appliesToPeriod First Anglo-Maratha War
Treaty of Salbai endedConflict First Anglo-Maratha War
subject linked to: Treaty of Salbai (1782)
Treaty of Salbai timePeriod First Anglo-Maratha War
subject linked to: Treaty of Salbai (1782)
Anglo-Maratha Wars hasPart First Anglo-Maratha War
Second Anglo-Maratha War precededBy First Anglo-Maratha War
Salbai relatedConflict First Anglo-Maratha War
Raghunath Rao conflict First Anglo-Maratha War
Raghunath Rao involvedIn First Anglo-Maratha War
First Anglo-Maratha War alsoKnownAs First Maratha War
linked to: First Anglo-Maratha War
Madhav Rao II conflict First Anglo-Maratha War