Baji Rao II was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. He governed from 1796 to 1818. His reign was marked by confrontations with the British. The Peshwa were the hereditary rulers of the Maratha empire of central India from 1713 to 1818. ... Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Baji Rao was the son of Peshwa Raghunath Rao, who had served as regent for his nephew, Peshwa Madhavrao Naryayan. Madhavrao committed suicide in 1796, and died without an heir, and with the assistance of Nana Phadnavis, Baji Rao became Peshwa. After the death of Phadnavis in 1800, the Maratha leaders Yaswant Rao Holkar of Indore and Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior contested for control of the empire; their rivalry made its way to Pune, seat of the Peshwa. Holkar ultimately triumphed, and Baji Rao fled east to Bombay in September 2002 to seek the assistance of the British. He concluded the Treaty of Bassein in December 2002, in which the British agreed to reinstate Baji Rao in return for the Marathas allowing British troops in Maratha territory and paying for their maintenance, and acceptance of a British political agent in the capital. Holkar and Sindhia resisted the British intrusion on Maratha affairs, which resulted in the Second Anglo-Maratha War of 1803-1805. The British triumphed, and the Marathas were forced to accept losses of territory. The raids of the Pindaris, irregular horsemen who resided in the Maratha territories, into British territory ultimately led to the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-1818. The Marathas were defeated, the empire dismantled, and the Maratha chiefs were forced to accept British control. Baji Rao was given a pension by the British and made to retire near Kanpur. He died in 1851. NANA Phadnavis, the shrewd and able administrator of the Peshwa rulers of the Maratha empire in the 18th century. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Indore is the commercial capital of the Malwa region and the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP). ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Pune (पुणे in Marathi), formerly Punavadi and Poona (पूना in Hindi), Maharashtra state, western India, is situated at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803 - 1805) was a second conflict between Britain and the Maratha empire in India. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Pindari is a word of uncertain origin, applied to the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... (L to R) The Ganga at Bithoor, IIT Kanpur, Radhakrishna Temple Kānpur (known as Cawnpore before 1948) is the most populous city in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...