This article provides an overview on the second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805). The Marathas had lost almost all their top-ranking leaders by the time Wellesley came to India as Governor-General. Mahadji Scindia, Ahalyabai, Nana Fadnavis had been dead. This removal of the leading personalities led to a selfish struggle among the Marathas. Peshwa Baji Rao II, Daulat Rao Scindia, Yaswant Rao [...]
This article throws light on the top five wars that happened during the governance of Hastings. The wars are: 1. Rohilla War or Ruhela War 2. First Anglo-Maratha War 3. Anglo-Mysore War Relations: First Anglo Mysore War 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War 5. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War War # 1. Rohilla War or Ruhela War: It was the policy of the Company [...]
Alliance with Argos during Second Phase of the Peloponnesian War! Signing of a defensive alliance by Sparta with Athens led to the actual dissolution of the Peloponnesian League. Corinth, and the Chalcidiatis of Thebes made alliance with Argos, and so also did the Mantineans who had been extending their power in Arcadia and feared that Sparta might curtail it. Elis [...]