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	~~The '''Treaty of Purandar''' (or '''Treaty of Purandhar''') was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the [~~[~~peshwa]] of the~~ [~~[Maratha Empire\|Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]]'s [[Supreme Council of Bengal]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article~~-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar] ''After the death of the peshwa Narayan Rao in 1773, his uncle Raghunath Rao tried to secure the succession.Raghunath's claim in the Treaty of Surat (7 March 1775) in return for Salsette Island and Bassein (~~Vasai~~). But the supreme government disallowed this treaty and sent its own agent to renegotiate. The resulting Treaty of Purandhar annulled that of Surat. Raghunath was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but Salsette and the Broach revenues were retained by the British. The tangle was increased by the support of the London authorities for Bombay, which in 1778–79 again supported Raghunath. Peace was finally restored in 1782.''</ref> Based on the terms of the accord, the British were able to secure [[Salsette]].<ref>Sugden, p. 96. ''It appeared that the Mahrattas had no plans to recover Bassein and Salsette by force, and that they were about to conclude an armistice with the East India Company. Indeed, the supreme council of the company had sent a plenipotentiary to the Mahratta capital, Poona, and it was expected that Salsette would be yielded without violence. This is, in fact, what happened. By playing one faction among the Mahrattas against the other, the company secured Salsette in 1776 by the treaty of Purandhar.''</ref>
	Treaty was signed between the then Governor General Warren Hasting who sent Colonel Upton and Nana Phadnavis of Peshwa in which British accepted Sawai Madhav Rao as a new Peshwa and Maratha accepted not to recognise existence of French in India.

	~~==See also==~~
	*[[List of treaties]]

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~==Sources==~~
	*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar]
	*Sugden, John. ''Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797''. Henry Holt and Company: 2005. {{ISBN\|0-8050-7757-X}}
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	The '''Treaty of Purandar''' (or '''Treaty of Purandhar''') was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the [[peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire\|Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]]'s [[Supreme Council of Bengal]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar] ''After the death of the peshwa Narayan Rao in 1773, his uncle Raghunath Rao tried to secure the succession.Raghunath's claim in the Treaty of Surat (7 March 1775) in return for Salsette Island and Bassein (Vasai). But the supreme government disallowed this treaty and sent its own agent to renegotiate. The resulting Treaty of Purandhar annulled that of Surat. Raghunath was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but Salsette and the Broach revenues were retained by the British. The tangle was increased by the support of the London authorities for Bombay, which in 1778–79 again supported Raghunath. Peace was finally restored in 1782.''</ref> Based on the terms of the accord, the British were able to secure [[Salsette]].<ref>Sugden, p. 96. ''It appeared that the Mahrattas had no plans to recover Bassein and Salsette by force, and that they were about to conclude an armistice with the East India Company. Indeed, the supreme council of the company had sent a plenipotentiary to the Mahratta capital, Poona, and it was expected that Salsette would be yielded without violence. This is, in fact, what happened. By playing one faction among the Mahrattas against the other, the company secured Salsette in 1776 by the treaty of Purandhar.''</ref>		The '''Treaty of Purandar''' (or '''Treaty of Purandhar''') was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the [[peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire\|Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]]'s [[Supreme Council of Bengal]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar] ''After the death of the peshwa Narayan Rao in 1773, his uncle Raghunath Rao tried to secure the succession.Raghunath's claim in the Treaty of Surat (7 March 1775) in return for Salsette Island and Bassein (Vasai). But the supreme government disallowed this treaty and sent its own agent to renegotiate. The resulting Treaty of Purandhar annulled that of Surat. Raghunath was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but Salsette and the Broach revenues were retained by the British. The tangle was increased by the support of the London authorities for Bombay, which in 1778–79 again supported Raghunath. Peace was finally restored in 1782.''</ref> Based on the terms of the accord, the British were able to secure [[Salsette]].<ref>Sugden, p. 96. ''It appeared that the Mahrattas had no plans to recover Bassein and Salsette by force, and that they were about to conclude an armistice with the East India Company. Indeed, the supreme council of the company had sent a plenipotentiary to the Mahratta capital, Poona, and it was expected that Salsette would be yielded without violence. This is, in fact, what happened. By playing one faction among the Mahrattas against the other, the company secured Salsette in 1776 by the treaty of Purandhar.''</ref>

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The '''Treaty of Purandar''' (or '''Treaty of Purandhar''') was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the [[peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]]'s [[Supreme Council of Bengal]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar] ''After the death of the peshwa Narayan Rao in 1773, his uncle Raghunath Rao tried to secure the succession.Raghunath's claim in the Treaty of Surat (7 March 1775) in return for Salsette Island and Bassein (Vasai). But the supreme government disallowed this treaty and sent its own agent to renegotiate. The resulting Treaty of Purandhar annulled that of Surat. Raghunath was pensioned and his cause abandoned, but Salsette and the Broach revenues were retained by the British. The tangle was increased by the support of the London authorities for Bombay, which in 1778–79 again supported Raghunath. Peace was finally restored in 1782.''</ref> Based on the terms of the accord, the British were able to secure [[Salsette]].<ref>Sugden, p. 96. ''It appeared that the Mahrattas had no plans to recover Bassein and Salsette by force, and that they were about to conclude an armistice with the East India Company. Indeed, the supreme council of the company had sent a plenipotentiary to the Mahratta capital, Poona, and it was expected that Salsette would be yielded without violence. This is, in fact, what happened. By playing one faction among the Mahrattas against the other, the company secured Salsette in 1776 by the treaty of Purandhar.''</ref>
Treaty was signed between the then Governor General Warren Hasting who sent Colonel Upton and Nana Phadnavis of Peshwa in which British accepted Sawai Madhav Rao as a new Peshwa and Maratha accepted not to recognise existence of French in India.

==See also==
*[[List of treaties]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061935/Treaty-of-Purandhar Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar]
*Sugden, John. ''Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797''. Henry Holt and Company: 2005. {{ISBN|0-8050-7757-X}}
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[[Category:Treaties of the Maratha Empire|Purandar (1776)]]
[[Category:Treaties of the British East India Company|Purandar (1776)]]
[[Category:1776 treaties]]
[[Category:1776 in Great Britain]]
[[Category:1776 in India]]
[[Category:1776 in the Maratha Empire]]