The treaty of "Surji Arjun Gaon" was signed between:
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The treaty of "Surji Arjun Gaon" was signed between:
- A.
The British and Bhonsle
- B.
The British and Peshwa
- C.
The British and Holkar
- D.
The British and Scindia
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Correct answer: D
The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805) was fought between the British East India Company and the major Maratha powers of central and northern India; as each power was defeated or reached a settlement, the British concluded a separate peace treaty with it, named after the town where that treaty was signed.
Applying this framework to the four Maratha powers involved:
Raghuji II Bhonsle of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon (17 December 1803), ceding Cuttack and Balasore to the British.
Peshwa Baji Rao II had already accepted British subsidiary-alliance terms under the Treaty of Bassein (31 December 1802), before the wars main battles began.
Daulat Rao Scindia of Gwalior signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon (30 December 1803), ceding the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, Delhi, Agra, and parts of Bundelkhand.
Jaswant Rao Holkar, who kept fighting after the others had made peace, signed the Treaty of Rajghat only in December 1805.
Cross-checking against the treatys known provisions -- cession of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, Delhi and Agra -- these are exactly the territories under Scindias control in 1803, confirming that Surji-Anjangaon was signed with Scindia, not Bhonsle, the Peshwa, or Holkar.
Hence, the Treaty of "Surji Arjun Gaon" (Surji-Anjangaon) was signed between the British and Scindia.