Treaty of Bassein (1802)

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historical event treaty

The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was an agreement between the British East India Company and the Maratha leader Baji Rao II that effectively placed the Maratha state under British protection and marked a major step in the expansion of British power in India.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Bassein (1802) canonical	12
Treaty of Bassein	2
Treaties of the British East India Company	1
Treaty of Bassein between the British and Peshwa Baji Rao II	1
Treaty of Vasai (1802)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447600 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Context triple: [Maratha Empire, significantEvent, Treaty of Bassein (1802)]

A. Pangkor Treaty of 1874
The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was an agreement between the British and Malay rulers that marked the beginning of formal British political control in the Malay Peninsula by establishing a British Resident in Perak.
B. Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
C. Treaty of Ripon (1640)
The Treaty of Ripon (1640) was an agreement that ended the Second Bishops' War by allowing Scottish forces to occupy parts of northern England at English expense, pressuring Charles I to recall Parliament and contributing to the political crisis preceding the English Civil War.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1804) was an agreement in which Sauk and Meskwaki leaders, under disputed circumstances, ceded vast lands in Illinois and Missouri to the United States, later fueling tensions that led to the Black Hawk War.
E. Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward expansion.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Target entity description: The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was an agreement between the British East India Company and the Maratha leader Baji Rao II that effectively placed the Maratha state under British protection and marked a major step in the expansion of British power in India.

A. Pangkor Treaty of 1874
The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was an agreement between the British and Malay rulers that marked the beginning of formal British political control in the Malay Peninsula by establishing a British Resident in Perak.
B. Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
C. Treaty of Ripon (1640)
The Treaty of Ripon (1640) was an agreement that ended the Second Bishops' War by allowing Scottish forces to occupy parts of northern England at English expense, pressuring Charles I to recall Parliament and contributing to the political crisis preceding the English Civil War.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1804) was an agreement in which Sauk and Meskwaki leaders, under disputed circumstances, ceded vast lands in Illinois and Missouri to the United States, later fueling tensions that led to the Black Hawk War.
E. Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward expansion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Vasai (1802) ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)
causeOf	Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
context	British policy of subsidiary alliances in India ⓘ internal conflict within the Maratha Confederacy ⓘ struggle for succession and power among Maratha chiefs ⓘ
countryAtTime	Maratha territory ⓘ
dateSigned	31 December 1802 ⓘ
hasEffectOn	British expansion in India ⓘ Maratha Empire ⓘ balance of power in India ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of British use of subsidiary alliance system ⓘ key step in establishing British paramountcy in India ⓘ turning point in the decline of Maratha power ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ Persian ⓘ
locationSigned	Bassein ⓘ Vasai ⓘ near Bombay Presidency ⓘ
mainProponent	Arthur Wellesley ⓘ linked to: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
negotiatedBy	British East India Company officials ⓘ
opposedBy	Daulat Rao Scindia ⓘ linked to: Scindia of Gwalior Raghoji II Bhonsle of Nagpur ⓘ linked to: Bhonsle of Nagpur other Maratha chiefs ⓘ
partyRoleOf	Baji Rao II as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire ⓘ linked to: Baji Rao II
precedes	Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
region	Western India ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Maratha Wars ⓘ British East India Company rule in India ⓘ linked to: British Raj (Company rule in India) Maratha Confederacy ⓘ linked to: Maratha Empire
result	Maratha state placed under British protection ⓘ cession of territory by Baji Rao II to the British East India Company ⓘ expansion of British power in India ⓘ loss of Maratha independence in foreign policy ⓘ payment of subsidy by Baji Rao II to the British East India Company ⓘ stationing of British troops in Maratha territory ⓘ subsidiary alliance established with the Marathas ⓘ triggered Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
signatory	Baji Rao II ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ
signatoryParty	Company rule in India ⓘ Maratha Empire ⓘ
stipulation	Baji Rao II to accept a permanent British subsidiary force ⓘ Baji Rao II to conduct foreign relations only with British approval ⓘ Baji Rao II to dismiss most European officers not in British service ⓘ cession of territory to cover expenses of the subsidiary force ⓘ
year	1802 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maratha Empire → significantEvent → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Maratha Empire → notableTreaty → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Treaty of Bassein (1802) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Vasai (1802) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Treaty of Salbai → category → Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ

subject linked to: Treaty of Salbai (1782)

linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Anglo-Maratha Wars → significantEvent → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Anglo-Maratha Wars → cause → Treaty of Bassein between the British and Peshwa Baji Rao II ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Baji Rao II → treaty → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Second Anglo-Maratha War → cause → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Second Anglo-Maratha War → treaty → Treaty of Bassein ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Bassein → treaty → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Vasai → knownFor → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Vasai → siteOf → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon → relatedTo → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Treaty of Mandeswar (1818) → relatedTo → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Treaties of the British East India Company → hasPart → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

Treaty of Mandsaur → relatedTo → Treaty of Bassein ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Decline of the Maratha Empire → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Bassein (1802) ⓘ

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