Solution:Third Anglo-Maratha (1817-18 A.D.) war is related to Lord Hastings.After the second Anglo-Maratha war, the Marathas made one last attempt to rebuild their old prestige. They wanted to retake all their old possessions from the English. They were also unhappy with the British residents' interference in their internal matters. The chief reason for this war was the British conflict with the Pindaris whom the British suspected were being protected by the Marathas. The Maratha chiefs Peshwa Bajirao II, Malharrao Holkar and Mudhoji II Bhonsle forged a united front against the English. Daulat Rao Shinde, the fourth major Maratha chief was pressured diplomatically to stay away. But the British victory was swift.
Warren Hastings (1732-1818) became the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) in 1772 and the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1774 till he resigned in 1785. He started his career as a writer (clerk) in the East India Company at Calcutta in 1750. In 1758, he became the British resident at Murshidabad, the capital of Bengal, after Mir Jafar was installed as the Nawab after the Battle of Plassey. During his term, the First Anglo-Maratha war and the second Anglo-Mysore war were fought. The Regulating Act of 1773 was passed during his term. He supported Sir William Jones in the formation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1785
