ABSTRACT
Yeswant Rao Ramchandra, the minister who had negotiated the treaty of peace, offered his services and General Wellesley recommended him to the Governor-General for a pension of Rs.6,000 for this assistance. The Treaty of Sarji Argengaon was drawn up, 30 December, and John Malcolm set off for Mahadaji Sindhia's camp, to get it signed. Malcolm is an example of what a man can do with his mind if he confronts experience without prejudice and lets facts make their ungrudged impression. Malcolm promptly nicknamed him 'Old Brag', from the qualifications a face gave him for the game of brag, a forerunner of poker. The Bhonsla Raja having refused to accept a subsidiary force, Malcolm expected Sindhia also to refuse one, or at least to hold out against having it stationed inside his territory. It is astonishing that he gave way, and probably he would have done this for no one but Malcolm.