[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c55.85 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.85 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.85 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c55.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.85) The former agreement was made in October, 1800, and the term of its duration was to have been five years, but as Ranpoor, Gogo, Dhundooka, and the Peishwa’s rights in Cambay were ceded to the British Government by the treaty of Bassein, the Gaekwar was anxious to obtain a perpetual lease of the remainder; as the evils of divided authority would be avoided, and his own districts become more valuable in consequence. The British Government was equally desirous of having the farm continued, both for the reasons mentioned, and because much confusion and oppression were likely to be averted by the arrangement. The Peishwa, on these representations, and upon condition of receiving five and a half lacks of rupees for the remaining districts, consented without difficulty to allow the Gaekwar to retain them for ten years from June, 1804, and a new agreement was concluded accordingly. But at the expiration of the period, the Peishwa’s views were entirely altered, and five times the amount of the sum realized from the districts could not compensate, in his estimation, for the advantages of an increased political influence on the side of Guzerat; nothing could induce him to renew the lease. Long, however, before the period of renewal, the question of his claims upon the Gaekwar had become a subject of attention with the British authorities. - [Previous: v2.c55.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.84) - [Next: v2.c55.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.86) - [Up: v2.c55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.85) · Pramāṇa