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Important Treaties of India

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Important Treaties Of India

Treaty of Asurar Ali: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1639.
The treaty established the boundary between the Mughal empire and the Ahom kingdom ending the Mughal’s efforts to conquer Ahom.

Treaty of Purandar: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1665.
Signed between Rajput ruler and commander of Mughal Empire Jai Singh I, and Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was forced to sign the agreement after Jai Singh besieged Purandar fort.

Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1748.
Signed between English and French after the end of first Carnatic war.

Treaty of Alinagar: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1757.
Signed between Siraj-ud-dwala and Robert Clive allowing the British to fortify Calcutta and also allow British goods to pass through Bengal without duties.

Treaty of Allahabad: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1765.
Signed between Robert Clive and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II allowing the British Diwani Rights or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa.

Treaty of Madras: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1769.
The Treaty of Madras was signed between the British and Hyder Ali of Mysore to bring to an end the first Mysore War. Under the treaty, both the parties agreed to return the areas won by each and to support each other in case of a third party invasion.

Treaty of Wadgaon: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1779.
Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the second phase of the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.

Treaty of Salbai: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1782.
Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.

Treaty of Seringapatam: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1792.
Signed between the British (Lord Cornwallis), the Marathas, Hyderabad and Tipu Sultan. This ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War allowing the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British to annex almost half of Tipu Sultan’s territories.

Treaty of Lahore: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1846.
Signed between Governor General Henry Hardinge for the British and members of Lahore darbar representing the young Maharaja Duleep Singh Bahadur. The treaty marked the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

Treaty of Amritsar: Treaties of India

Signed in the year 1846.
The Treaty of Amritsar followed the Treaty of Lahore. By this treaty the British East India Company sold Kashmir to Maharaja Gulab Singh, whose dynasty ruled till 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh acceded Kashmir to India.

Treaties of India

Name of the Treaty	Year	Importance
Treaty of Asurar Ali	1639	The treaty established the boundary between the Mughal empire and the Ahom kingdom ending the Mughal’s efforts to conquer Ahom.
Treaty of Purandar	1665	Signed between Rajput ruler and commander of Mughal Empire Jai Singh I, and Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was forced to sign the agreement after Jai Singh besieged Purandar fort.
Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle	1748	Signed between English and French after the end of first Carnatic war.
Treaty of Alinagar	1757	Signed between Siraj-ud-dwala and Robert Clive allowing the British to fortify Calcutta and also allow British goods to pass through Bengal without duties.
Treaty of Allahabad	1765	Signed between Robert Clive and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II allowing the British Diwani Rights or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa.
Treaty of Madras	1769	The Treaty of Madras was signed between the British and Hyder Ali of Mysore to bring to an end the first Mysore War. Under the treaty, both the parties agreed to return the areas won by each and to support each other in case of a third party invasion.
Treaty of Wadgaon	1779	Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the second phase of the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.
Treaty of Salbai	1782	Signed between the British and the Marathas bringing the First Anglo-Maratha War to an end.
Treaty of Seringapatam	1792	Signed between the British (Lord Cornwallis), the Marathas, Hyderabad and Tipu Sultan. This ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War allowing the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British to annex almost half of Tipu Sultan’s territories.
Treaty of Lahore	1846	Signed between Governor General Henry Hardinge for the British and members of Lahore darbar representing the young Maharaja Duleep Singh Bahadur. The treaty marked the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War.
Treaty of Amritsar	1846	The Treaty of Amritsar followed the Treaty of Lahore. By this treaty the British East India Company sold Kashmir to Maharaja Gulab Singh, whose dynasty ruled till 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh acceded Kashmir to India.

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