Second Maratha War 1802-1805

The second war (1803-05) 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 Sindhia and the Bhonsle families contested the agreement, but they were defeated, respectively, at Laswari and Delhi by Lord Lake and at Assaye and Argaon by Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington). The Holkar clan then joined in, and the Maratha were left with a free hand in the regions of central India and Rajasthan.

Nizam'Ali Khan was a British ally in the second and third Maratha Wars (1803-05, 1817-19)

References

How to Stop a War; Maratha Wars; Hyderabad.

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