TREATY OF SALBAI (1782)

 TREATY OF SALBAI (1782)

• It marked the end of the first phase of the struggle between the Marathas and the British.

• The Treaty of Salbai was signed in May 1782; it was ratified by Hastings in June 1782. The treaty guaranteed peace between the two sides for twenty years.

• • The main provisions of the Treaty of Salbai were:

• Salsette should continue in the possession of the English.

• The whole of the territory conquered since the Treaty of Purandhar (1776) including Bassein should be restored to the Marathas.

• The English should not offer any further support to Raghunathrao and the Peshwa should grant him maintenance allowance.

• The Peshwa should not support any other European nation.