Treaty of Salbai (1782)

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The Treaty of Salbai (1782) was an agreement between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company that ended the First Anglo-Maratha War and established a period of relative peace and political stability in late 18th-century India.

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Treaty of Salbai 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
peace treaty
affectedPerson Madhav Rao II
surface form: Madhavrao II

Mahadji Shinde
Raghunath Rao
appliesToPeriod late 18th-century India
brokeredBy Warren Hastings
category 18th-century treaties
Treaty of Bassein (1802)
surface form: Treaties of the British East India Company

Treaties of the Maratha Empire
countryInvolved British East India Company
Maratha Empire
endedConflict First Anglo-Maratha War
followedBy renewed Anglo-Maratha tensions leading to Second Anglo-Maratha War
granted pension to Raghunath Rao
hasConsequence formalization of British-Maratha diplomatic relations
strengthening of Mahadji Shinde’s influence in north India
temporary check on British territorial expansion against Marathas
historicalRegion British India
Maratha Empire
surface form: Maratha Confederacy
language Persian
party British East India Company
Maratha Empire
recognizedAs confirmation of Madhavrao II as Peshwa
recognition of Mahadji Shinde’s position in north India
result end of First Anglo-Maratha War
period of relative peace in late 18th-century India
political stability between Marathas and British East India Company
signatoryRepresentative Mahadji Shinde
Warren Hastings
signedAt Salbai
signedIn 1782
signedOn 17 May 1782
stipulated British to pension Raghunath Rao (Raghoba)
British to retain control of Broach (Bharuch)
British to retain control of Salsette
Marathas to maintain peace with the Nizam of Hyderabad and Haidar Ali of Mysore in concert with the British
Anglo-French rivalry in India
surface form: Marathas to prevent French from establishing settlements in Maratha territories

Marathas to recover territories occupied by the British in western and central India except Salsette and Broach
mutual restoration of conquered territories
timePeriod Company rule in India
First Anglo-Maratha War
topic Anglo-Maratha Wars
surface form: Anglo-Maratha relations

British colonial expansion in India

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Maratha Empire notableTreaty Treaty of Salbai (1782)
Anglo-Maratha Wars significantEvent Treaty of Salbai (1782)
this entity surface form: Treaty of Salbai