2016/05/31 by Mesrob Vartavarian · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Military History and Strategy #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Negotiation #Colonialism #Political science #Order (exchange) #History #Economic history #Economy #Law #Business #Economics #Finance
paper · doi:10.1017/s0026749x16000044
openalex publication_date 2016/05/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Abstract This article examines pacification operations conducted by British colonial armies throughout the Maratha Deccan from 1803 to 1818. The East India Company assembled concentrations of coercive force by extending patronage to loyalist elites and mobile war bands. Military contingents from allied princely states were mobilized and combined with a policy of brokerage intended to demobilize hostile forces holed up in forts or engaged in brigandage. Pacification through a mixture of negotiations and force ensured loyalist groups a privileged place in the emerging colonial order.