Q. The Maratha chiefs were defeated and reduced to vassalage through various treaties. Consider the following pairs:
1.Bhonsle: Treaty of Deogaon
2.Scindia: Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
3.Holkar: Treaty of Mandsaur
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation:
Statement 1: Correct. The Bhonsle of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon in December 1803 after being defeated at Argaon. They had to cede Cuttack and areas west of the Wardha river.
Statement 2: Correct. The Scindias signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon in 1803. They surrendered the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, Delhi, Agra, and parts of Gujarat to the British.
Statement 3: Incorrect. While Holkar signed the Treaty of Rajpurghat in 1805 (after the Second War), the Treaty of Mandsaur was signed later, in 1818, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. It was the Treaty of Mandsaur that finally reduced the Holkars to a subsidiary state.
