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Answer the following questions briefly:

What was the result of the Third Anglo - Maratha war?


Peshwa Baji Rao II was overthrown and exiled and his territories were annexed by the British. A descendant of Shivaji, a puppet Peshwa received Satara, until it was finally annexed to the British. The British rule was firmly established in India after the defeat of the Maratha rule.


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