MODERN
HISTORY OF INDIA LECTURE 4
ANGLO
MARATHA WARS
Modern History of India for UPSC and other competitive
Examination. Today we are going to share the lecture Number 4 related to the
Indian History for UPSC EXAM. We have already shared 3 lectures related to this
Modern History of India.
Those who had missed our those lectures can click on
the following link to access: “ Modern History of India Class 1 to 3”.
In this Indian History class, the tutor is
going to explain about the Anglo Maratha wars. For detailed information watch
the video carefully. The tutor is going to discuss first Anglo Maratha war then
second Anglo Maratha war and at the last, he will discuss the third Anglo
Maratha war. This part of modern history is very important and approximately 1-3
questions is being asked from this part.
After the video tutorial, we have shared a text
file in a summary form about the Anglo Maratha Wars lecture. After watching
this Indian history tutorial you can note down the important points from the
given article below.
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v Maratha Empire was a power that
dominated a large portion of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th
century. The empire came into existence from 1674 with the coronation
of Shivaji as the Chhatrapati and ended in 1818 with the defeat
of Peshwa Bajirao II by the hands of British East India
Company. The Marathas are credited for ending the Mughal rule in
India.
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Background….
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The 3rd Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao died
in 1761 due to shock after his defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat.
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His son Madhavrao succeeded him. He was able
to recover some of the Maratha power and territories which they had lost in the
Battle of Panipat.
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When Madhavrao died in 1772, there was a
tussle for power in the Maratha camp.
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Madhavrao Peshwa gave semi-autonomy to
the strongest of the knights to effectively manage the large empire.
ü Peshwas Pune
ü Gaekwads Baroda
ü Holkars
Indore
ü Scindias Gwalior