peshwa baji rao ii organised a maratha confederacy against the english leading to the third anglo maratha war.
peshwa baji rao ii organised a maratha confederacy against the english leading to the third anglo maratha war.
who organised a maratha confederacy against the english leading to the third anglo maratha war?
peshwa baji rao ii
in 1799, yashwantrao holkar was crowned king of holkars, he captured ujjain. he started campaigning towards the north to expand his empire in that region. yashwant rao rebelled against the policies of the peshwa baji rao ii. in may 1802, he marched towards pune the seat of the peshwa. this gave rise to the battle of poona in which the peshwa was defeated. after the battle of poona, the flight of peshwa left the government of maratha state in the hands of yashwantrao holkar. he appointed amrutrao as the peshwa and went to indore on 13 march 1803. all except gaikwad chief of baroda, who had already accepted british protection by a separate treaty on 26 july 1802, supported the new regime. he made a treaty with the british. also, yashwant-rao successfully resolved the disputes with scindia and the peshwa. he tried to unite the maratha confederacy but to no avail. in 1802, the british intervened in baroda to support the heir to the throne against rival claimants and they signed a treaty with the new maharaja recognising his independence from the maratha empire in return for his acknowledgment of british paramountcy. before the second anglo-maratha war (1803–1805), the peshwa baji rao ii signed a similar treaty. the defeat in battle of delhi, 1803 during second anglo-maratha war resulted in the loss of the city of delhi for the marathas.
maratha empire
section::::second anglo maratha war (1803 - 1805).









































section::::second anglo maratha war (1803 - 1805).:battle of delhi, 1803.









































the battle of delhi took place on 11 september 1803 during the second anglo-maratha war, between british troops under general lake, and marathas of scindia's army under french general louis bourquin. the battle was fought at patparganj, right across yamuna river from humayun's tomb, also giving the battle its local name.
battles involving the maratha empire