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The Maratha Confederacy was held together under a Peshwa based at Pune. The Marathas were eventually broken in a series of three Anglo-Maratha wars. After the THIRD Anglo-Maratha war:
AThe Marathas defeated the British
BThe Peshwa was deposed and most Maratha chiefs lost their independence; the Company's territorial control over central India was secured
CThe British withdrew from India
DPune became the capital of British India
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The Peshwa was deposed and most Maratha chiefs lost their independence; the Company's territorial control over central India was secured
The Maratha Confederacy comprised several chiefdoms — Sindhia, Holkar, Gaikwad, Bhonsle — under a Peshwa. The first Anglo-Maratha war ended in 1782 (Treaty of Salbai, no clear victor). The second (1803–05) under Wellesley gave the British important gains. The third war (1817–19) finally crushed Maratha power: the Peshwa was deposed, the chiefs lost autonomy, and the British became the dominant power in central and western India.
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