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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Why was Wellesley recalled from India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
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Solution
Wellesley was recalled from India because the government in England was unhappy with the enormous expenditure involved in Wellesley’s policy of wars and expansion.
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