History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2015 History
Between whom was the Treaty of Bassein signed in 1802?
AThe Gaekwad of Baroda and the Marquis of Wellesley
BMalharrao Holkar and Mountstuart Elphinstone
CPeshwa Baji Rao II and the Marquis of Wellesley ✓ Correct
DRaja Pratap Singh of Satara and Mountstuart Elphinstone
Correct answer: (C) Peshwa Baji Rao II and the Marquis of Wellesley — The Treaty of Bassein was signed between Peshwa Baji Rao II and the Marquis of Wellesley, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Treaty of Bassein was signed between Peshwa Baji Rao II and the Marquis of Wellesley, so that is the answer.
★It was signed in the year 1802.
★By it the Peshwa accepted the Subsidiary Alliance with the British.
★He agreed to keep a British force and to follow British advice in foreign affairs.
★The treaty greatly weakened the independence of the Marathas.
★It led to the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
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