Treaty of Deogaon (1803)

In 1803 Raghuji Bhosle and the Company concluded the treaty of Deogaon in the course of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Under the treaty Bhonsle agreed to

Cede the province of Cuttack including Balasore which gave the Company control over a continuous stretch of the eastern seaboard and linked the presidencies of Bengal and Madras.

Expel all foreigners from his service.

Accept British arbitration in all his disputes with the Nizam or the Peshwa

Respect treaties concluded by the British with his feudatories.

Dissociate himself and his successors from the Confederacy and other Maratha chiefs.

Accept a British envoy at his court