Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon

Indian history
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December 30, 1803(Anniversary in 5 days)

Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon, (Dec. 30, 1803), settlement between the Maratha chief Daulat Rao Sindhia and the British, the result of Lord Lake’s campaign in upper India in the first phase of the Second Maratha War (1803–05). Lake captured Aligarh and defeated Sindhia’s French-trained army at Delhi and Laswari (September–November 1803). By this treaty the Mughal emperor Shah ʿĀlam II passed under British protection; the Ganges-Yamuna doab (territory between the rivers), Agra, and Sindhia’s territories in Gohad and Gujarat were entrusted to the British East India Company; and Sindhia’s control over Rajasthan was relaxed. In addition, Sindhia received a British resident ...(100 of 200 words)