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The Siege of Aligarh also known as battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha and British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. It was took place in 1803 at Aligarh.

The battle of Argaon was fought during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. This battle was fought between British East India Company and the forces of Bhosle of Berar and Sindhia of Gwalior on 29 November 1803.

The Siege of Bharatpur was the battle during Second Anglo-Maratha War. The battle was fought between Maratha Army and British East India Company. The battle was fought between 02 January and 22 February 1805 in the Indian Princely state of Bharatpur, India. 

The Siege of Ahmednagar was the first battle of Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between Maratha Army and British East India Company. This battle was took place in 1803. The main cause of the second Maratha war due to the defeat of the peshwa Baji Rao II by the Holkars, one of the prominent Maratha clans, as a result of which he accepted British protection by signing the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802.

The Battle of Deeg was fought during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. The battle was fought of 13 November 1804 between Maratha Empire and British East India Company. A force of the British East India Company led by Major General Fraser defeated Maratha Army.

The battle of Delhi was the battle fought on 11 August 1757 between the Maratha Empire and Rohilla Afghans to control Delhi. This battle also referred to as the Second Battle of Delhi.

The Peshwa surrendered, and was permitted to reside at Bithur, near Cawnpore (Now Kanpur) , on a pension of 8 Lakh Rupees per year. His adopted son Nana Sahib later led the Mutiny of 1857.

Baji Rao II was paid an annual pension of 8 lakh rupees. The Marathas lost its power and the British became the paramount power of India.

The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Maratha Empire in India. Peshwa Baji Rao II’s forces, supported by those of Mudhoji II Bhonsle of Nagpur and Malharrao Holkar III of Indore, rose against the EIC. Pressure and diplomacy convinced the fourth major Maratha leader, Daulatrao Shinde of Gwalior, to remain neutral even though he lost control of Rajasthan.