Treaty of Bassein (1802)
• It was signed between the British East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha Peshwa of Pune in 1802.
As per the treaty, the Peshwa agreed to:
• Receive from the Company a native infantry with the usual proportion of field artillery and European artillerymen attached, to be permanently stationed in his territories
• Cede to the Company territories yielding an income of Rs 26 lakh
• Surrender the city of Surat
• Give up all claims for Chauth on the Nizam’s dominions
• Accept the Company’s arbitration in all differences between him and the Nizam or the Gaekwad
• Not to keep in his employment Europeans of any nation at war with the English
• Subject his relations with other states to the control of the English
• The Peshwa accepted the subsidiary alliance and the British made immense gains. The provision of keeping English troops permanently in Maratha territory was strategical.
