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OVERTHROW OF THE MARÁTHÁ POWERS
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every place was subdued, and further shelter there was none. An offer of a pension of two lakhs of rupees and a residence in British territory, on similar terms to those given to the ex-Peshwá, failed to receive any response, and he was at last heard of in exile in the Punjab, where Ranjít Singh tolerated his presence but refused to countenance him. Later, he was allowed to live in Rájputána under surveillance, and there he died without giving further trouble to the British Government.

Long before the capture of Asírgarh, which was the concluding military event of the last Maráthá war, Trimbakjí and other leaders of disorder were taken, and the former was again imprisoned in punishment for the Shástrí's murder, which he perpetrated in 1815. As peace was now everywhere restored, it is time to return to the arrangements which were made for the re-settlement of the provinces where hostilities had taken place.