Q39
History of IndiaAdvent of Europeans & British Expansion
The signatories of the Treaty of Basin (1802) were the English East India Company and
- a.the Sikhs.
- b.the Marathas.
- c.Nizam of Hyderabad.
- d.Tipu Sultan.
Answer: (B) the Marathas.
By the Treaty of Bassein (1802), Peshwa Baji Rao II accepted the Subsidiary Alliance with the English East India Company, which led to the Second Anglo-Maratha War. The Nizam had signed in 1798, Tipu had died in 1799, and the Sikhs signed no such treaty.