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'Convention of Wadgaon' was signed after the

  1. First Anglo-Maratha War

  2. Second Anglo-Maratha War

  3. Third Anglo-Maratha War

  4. Second Battle of Panipat
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Explanation

Favouring the cause of Raghunath Rao for Peshwaship after the third battle of Panipat, the English (under Lord Warren Hastings) came in conflict with the Marathas. On being defeated, the British had to sign the humiliating 'Convemtion of Wadgaon'.

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