Bhalki

Bhalki lies on the Deccan plateau near Bidar, in a country long contested by the powers of the Deccan. The town is remembered for a treaty concluded during the eighteenth-century struggle between the Marathas and the Nizam’s government. In 1752 the Peshwa’s forces surrounded Salabat Jung near Bhalki and compelled a settlement. Under the treaty, the Nizam ceded the western half of Berar between the Godavari and Tapti rivers to the Marathas. The agreement marked another stage in the division of authority over the former Mughal territories of the Deccan, as both sides sought the resources of Berar.