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UGC NET June 2012 History
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between
AThe English and Peshwa Baji Rao II ✓ Correct
BThe English and Tipu Sultan
CThe English and Holkar
DThe English and Gaikwad
Correct answer: (A) The English and Peshwa Baji Rao II — The Treaty of Bassein in 1802 was signed between the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Treaty of Bassein in 1802 was signed between the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II, so that is the answer.
★The Peshwa accepted a subsidiary alliance with the East India Company after his defeat by Holkar.
★By its terms a British force was to be permanently stationed with the Peshwa.
★The Peshwa gave up claims over Surat and Baroda and excluded other Europeans from his service.
★The treaty brought the Marathas formally under British influence.
★It led directly to the Second Anglo-Maratha War, as other Maratha chiefs opposed it.
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