This treaty ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, transferring key Indian territories including Delhi-Agra and Haryana to British East India Company control.
Key Facts
- Date signed
- 30 December 1803
- Signatories
- British East India Company and Daulat Rao Sindhia
- Territories ceded
- Ganges-Jumna Doab, Haryana, Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, Gujarat districts, Ahmadnagar fort
- Number of revisions
- 2 (November 1805 and 5 November 1817)
- Conflict phase concluded
- First phase of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Major General Arthur Wellesley's military campaigns in Central India, culminating in British victories at the Battle of Assaye and the Battle of Argaon, forced Daulat Rao Sindhia, chief of the Maratha Confederacy, to negotiate a settlement with the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
On 30 December 1803, Daulat Rao Sindhia signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon with the British at Anjangaon in present-day Maharashtra. The agreement formally concluded the first phase of the Second Anglo-Maratha War and defined the territorial and political concessions made by the Maratha Confederacy.
As a result of the treaty, extensive territories including the Ganges-Jumna Doab, Haryana, the Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, districts of Gujarat, and the fort of Ahmadnagar came under British East India Company control. The treaty was revised in 1805 and again in 1817, the latter revision drawing Sindhia into British operations against the Pindaris in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
Political Outcome
Maratha Confederacy ceded extensive territories to the British East India Company, significantly expanding British dominion in northern and central India.
Maratha Confederacy held the Ganges-Jumna Doab, Haryana, Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, Gujarat districts, and Ahmadnagar fort
These territories transferred to British East India Company control, greatly strengthening British power in northern and central India