The Treaty of Purandar (or Treaty of Purandhar) was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the

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of the

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and the

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's Supreme Council of Bengal in

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. Based on the terms of the accord, the British were able to secure

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.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.'' 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.

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Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Purandhar
*Sugden, John. ''Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797''. Henry Holt and Company: 2005. {{Authority control Purandar (1776) Purandar (1776) Purandar (1776) 1776 treaties 1776 in Great Britain 1776 in India 1776 in the Maratha Empire

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