From the late eighteenth century the company also sought to curb and eventually destroy maratha power. With their defeat in the third battle of Panipat in 1761 the Marathas dream of ruling from Delhi was shattered they were divided into many states under different chies sardars belonging to dynasties such as sindhia holkar Gaikwad and bhonsle these chiefs were held together in a confederacy under a peshwa principal Minister who became its effective military and administrative head based in Pune mahadji sindhia and nana phadnis were two famous maratha soldiers and statesmen of the late eighteenth century. The marathas were subdued in a series of were in the first war that ended in 1782 with the Treaty of salbai there was no clear victor  the second anglo maratha war 1830 -05 was fought on different fornats resulting in the British gaining orissa and the territories north of the yamuna river including agra and Delhi finally the Third anglo maratha war of 1817_19 crushed maratha power the peshwa was removed and sent away to bithur near ka pur with a pension the company now had complete control over the territies south of the vindhyas.