State your opinion: Maratha policies were anticolonial.

Answer: I agree with the statement.

• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj understood the danger of the European powers. He built a navy and sea forts like Sindhudurg, levied octroi on Portuguese salt to protect his traders, and attacked the English factory at Rajapur when the English helped his enemies.
• Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj attacked the Portuguese territory of Goa, and Kanhoji Angre challenged the English, Portuguese and Dutch at sea.
• Chimaji Appa conquered Vasai from the Portuguese in 1739, ending their power on the north Konkan coast.
• The Marathas fought three wars against the British. In my opinion the Marathas were the major Indian power that consistently resisted the European colonial powers.