strategic significance of Bassein
... that the strategic significance of Bassein diminished after the defeat of the Marathas by the British in 1818?
... that the <b id="mwDis"><a href="./Military_history_of_Bassein" id="mwDiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Military history of Bassein">strategic significance of Bassein</a></b> diminished after the defeat of the <a href="./Maratha_Empire" id="mwDi0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maratha Empire">Marathas</a> by the <a href="./British_Empire" id="mwDi4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British</a> in 1818?