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 (7 years, 2 months and 2 days)
Location	Central India; Western India;
Result	Maratha victory Treaty of Salbai;
Belligerents
Great Britain; East India Company; ;	Maratha Empire 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
Casualties and losses
3,000–4,000 killed	500–800 killed

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first conflict fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai. As per the treaty, the British and the Marathas would not fight against each other for the next 20 years. The war, fought in between Surat and Poona, saw the British defeated 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.