First Anglo-Maratha War

First Anglo-Maratha War
	Part of the Anglo-Maratha Wars
	; A mural depicting the British surrender during the First Anglo-Maratha War. The mural is a part of the Victory Memorial (Vijay Stambh) located at Vadgaon Maval (Off NH-4, Malinagar, Vadgaon Maval, Pune).
Date	15 March 1775– 17 May 1782
Location	Central India; Western India;
Result	Maratha victory Treaty of Salbai;
Belligerents
East India Company ; Raghunathrao's Forces	Maratha Confederacy; Indore State; Gwalior State;
Commanders and leaders
Warren Hastings; Colonel Keating; Thomas Wyndham Goddard; Raghunathrao;	Madhavrao II; Nana Fadnavis; Hari Pant; Mahadji Shinde; Tukoji Holkar;
Strength
93,000 troops total 23 ships	Around 146,000 troops total 14 ships

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Confederacy in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai. The war, fought in between Surat and Poona, saw British defeat and restoration of positions of both the parties before the war. Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal decided not to attack Pune directly.

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