" the Marathás were essentially both a conquering & a governing race in India. It was they who gave the coup de grâce to the Mughal Empire, & who pounded to pieces the States which that Empire left behind........
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On the ruins they very nearly succeeded in erecting a Hindu Empire of their own. The British did not conquer India from the Mughal Emperors. Nor did they conquer India chiefly from the revolted Muhammadan Viceroys of those Emperors.......
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The final British conquest of India (apart from the Punjab) was mainly effected by three wars with the Maráthás, and by the subjection of the five Maráthá Houses (Scindia, holkar, peshwa, bhonsle & gaikwad) who had parcelled out the provinces of the 'Great Mogul.'......
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The destruction of the Maratha power not only gave us the larger part of the Bombay Presidency, but also removed the last rival for the over-lordship of India "
— sir William Wilson hunter (1840-1900) a british Indian historian & statistician
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— sir William Wilson hunter (1840-1900) a british Indian historian & statistician
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