- Maratha Confederacy
- a loose league of states in central and western India, c1750-1818.
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Maratha Confederacy
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Maratha Confederacy — a loose league of states in central and western India, c1750 1818. * * * Maratha alliance formed in the 18th century in western India after Shivaji s Maratha kingdom collapsed under Mughal pressure. Under Shivaji s grandson, power fell to peshwas … Universalium
Maratha Confederacy — /məˌratə kənˈfɛdərəsi/ (say muh.rahtuh kuhn feduhruhsee) noun a loose league of states in central and western India, broken up in 1818 …
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Maratha Empire — Maratha Confederacy मराठा साम्राज्य Maratha Samrajya … Wikipedia
Maratha Wars — Three conflicts between the British and the Maratha confederacy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At the time, the confederacy controlled large portions of the Deccan and of the western coast of the Indian peninsula. The British lost the … Universalium
Maratha Wars — (1775–1782, 1803–1805, 1817–1818) Three wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries occasioned by the encroachment of the East India Company against the territory and authority of the Maratha Confederacy of south central India.… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
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Maratha War of Independence — The Maratha War of Independence (also termed the War of 27 years) was fought between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire from 1681 to 1707 on the Indian subcontinent. It is the longest recorded military engagement in the history of India.… … Wikipedia
Maratha-Mysore War — The Maratha Mysore War was a conflict on the Indian subcontinent between the Kingdom of Mysore and the Maratha Empire. Begun in February 1785, it ended with the signing of the Treaty of Gajendragad in April 1787. In the aftermath of the Second… … Wikipedia
confederacy — /keuhn fed euhr euh see, fed reuh see/, n., pl. confederacies. 1. an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose. 2. a group of persons, parties, states, etc., united by such a confederacy. 3. a combination of persons for… … Universalium
