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Baji Rao II (10 January 1775 – 28 January 1851) was the 13th and the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy . He governed from 1795 to 1818. He was installed as a puppet ruler by the Maratha nobles, whose growing power prompted him to flee his capital Poona and sign the Treaty of Bassein (1802) with the British.
The British intervened in a revenue-sharing dispute between the Peshwa and Gaekwad, and on 13 June 1817, the Company forced Peshwa Baji Rao II to sign an agreement renouncing claims on Gaekwad's revenues and ceding large swaths of territory to the British. This treaty of Pune formally ended the Peshwa's titular overlordship over other Maratha ...
…for power over the peshwa, Baj Rao II. On Holkar’s success in 1802, Baji Rao fled to Bassein and applied for British aid. Such an opportunity at the center of Maratha power was not to be missed; there was also the justification that Dawlat Rao Sindhia, in the north, had… Read More
Description: The book is a historical account of Baji Rao II’s political life from the years 1796-1818. It highlights incidents from Peshwa’s life such as the Treaty of Bassein signed between him and the East India Company, Holkar’s Poona invasion, and his relation with Gaekwars.
Shrimant Peshwa Baji Rao II, the 13th and final Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, was born on January 10th, 1775, and passed away on January 28th, 1851. He ruled from 1795 to 1818.
The Peshwa's office was most powerful under Baji Rao I (r. 1720–1740). Under Peshwa administration and with the support of several key generals and diplomats, the Maratha Confederacy reached its zenith, ruling major areas of India.
Treaty of Bassein, (Dec. 31, 1802), pact between Baji Rao II, the Maratha peshwa of Poona (now Pune) in India, and the British. It was a decisive step in the breakup of the Maratha confederacy. The pact led directly to the East India Company’s annexation of the peshwa’s territories in western India.
