Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon
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The Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon was signed on December 30, 1803 between the British and Daulat Rao Sindhia, chief of the Maratha people. The agreement was the result of Lord Lake's military campaigns in upper India in the first phase of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805). As a result of this treaty, the territorial district of Gurgaon, along with other areas west of the Yamuna, eventually came under the control of the British East India Company. The treaty was revised twice (once in November of 1805 and again on November 5, 1817). The first revision mostly entailed restoring the territories of Gwalior and Gohad to Scindia. The second revision of the treaty entailed granting Scindia more power in return for providing help to the British in their fight against the Pindaris in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
