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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.
Contents. Baji Rao II. Maratha peshwa. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in Maratha Wars. In Maratha Wars. …was caused by the peshwa Baji Rao II’s defeat by the Holkars (one of the leading Maratha clans) and his acceptance of British protection by the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802.
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 ...
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.
The Treaty of Bassein was a pact between the English East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha confederacy's Peshwa, it was signed on 31 December 1802 after the Battle of Poona, at the present day Bassein (Vasai).
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.
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Baji Rao II was the son of Raghunathrao and Anandibai, who were suspected of killing Narayanrao, the fifth Peshwa. He entered into treaty with British, fought three wars with them and surrendered in 1818.
