Treaty of Salbai

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Treaty of Salbai
ContextFirst Anglo-Maratha War
Signed17 May 1782 (1782-05-17)
LocationGwalior
Signatories
  • Mahadji Shinde

Parties
  • Maratha Confederacy

Languages
British East India Company after long negotiations to settle the outcome of the First Anglo-Maratha War
it was signed between Warren Hastings and
Treaty of Purandar
were given back to the Marathas.

The Treaty of Salbai resulted in a period of relative peace between the Maratha Confederacyand the British East India Company until outbreak of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1802.[1] David Anderson concluded the Treaty of Salbai on behalf of the East India Company.[2]

A mural depicting the signing of the Treaty of Salbai

References

  1. ^ Olson and Shadle, p. 706.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the session. Volume 12. Indian Historical Records Commission. 1930.p. 115

Sources

  • Olson, James Stuart and Shadle, Robert. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Greenwood Press, 1996.

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