A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.87

v2.c55.87

When Dummajee gave up half of Guzerat to Ballajee Bajee Rao in 1751, he retained his rights in Baroach undivided, and the Peishwa got Jumbooseer and some other districts, as an equivalent for his share. By the treaty of Baroda, in 1775, Rugonath Rao obtained from Futih Sing Gaekwar the cession of his rights in Baroach for the East India Company; and by the treaty of Poorundhur, although the Poona ministry had no power to alienate Baroach from the Gaekwar, it was wholly ceded to the British Government. It was in vain that Futih Sing demanded his rights in Baroach, from the English who kept them, or from the Peishwa who had given them away; and although, when the war was renewed, General Goddard put Futih Sing in possession of several of the Peishwa’s districts, he was compelled to relinquish them by the treaty of Salbye. Mahadajee Sindia, on the conclusion of that pacification, obtained Baroach from the British Government: with Sindia’s successor it remained until it fell, by right of conquest, to the English in 1803; and the Gaekwar now advanced a demand on the Peishwa for the amount of his share of its revenue since the treaty of Poorundhur.