Conquest of the Marathas Video Lecture | Social Studies (SST) Class 8

conquest of the maracas
you will be able to describe how the
Murata Empire came under the company
rule the Murata Empire extended over
most of the Indian territory in the 18th
century it was divided into small states
ruled by different Chiefs these Chiefs
called sirdar's were responsible for the
administration finance and defense of
the regions under their rule they belong
to different dynasties and members of
the same dynasty became the subsequent
chiefs some of the famous dynasties of
the Maratha Empire were the scindia
Holker Gaikwad and those Lakeland's
these sirdar's were held together in
alliance by a principal minister called
the Peshwa the sirdar's acted on the
orders of the Peshwa who was the real
administrative and defensive head of the
Maratha Empire some of the famous are
those were mahadji scindia and Nana
hardness who were also brave soldiers
it shook the East India Company three
wars to compare America the first war
took place in 1782 and ended with a
Treaty of son by with no clear victory
the second war was fought from 1803 to
1805 after which the company gained
ERISA and the territories north of the
Yamuna including Agra and Delhi the
third war between the duration Amara has
took place between 1817 and 1890 it was
after this war that the British gained
complete control over the remaining
Maratha Empire which included the
territories south of the Vindhyas the
Peshwa was ousted and sent away to be
tooled with a pension
we have learnt that the first
anglo-maratha war in 1782 ad ended with
the Treaty of sal by with no clear
Victor the second war fought from 1803
to 1805 ended with the company gaining
Orissa and the territories north of the
Yamuna including Agra and Delhi the
third anglo-maratha war fought from 1817
to 1819 resulted in the British
completely taking over the entire
Maratha Empire including the territories
south of the Vindhyas