ABSTRACT
Malcolm made it clear that the Peshwa's title was gone for ever. One of the staunchest of the dwindling band who carried the spirit of earlier and generous days into the annexationist regime of Lord Dalhousie, he worked hard to save Indian States from humiliation. The Peshwa seemed fairly cornered at last, and Malcolm made all preparations to prevent his escape. There was a temporary complication, which at first sight looked serious, when Apa Saheb gave Jenkins the slip. Malcolm and the Peshwa met at Keyri, in the latter's camp. The Peshwa was extremely dejected, and there was no comfort for him except in the kindness of Malcolm's manner. Malcolm's real defence seems to be one which he never put forward. His ideas had been formed in expansive days, when Arthur Wellesley had awarded a far less important chieftain a pension of seven lakhs.
