On this day the Treaty of Deogaon was concluded between the East India Company and Raghuji Bhonsle II, the Maratha king of Berar. This, together with the Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon concluded on December 30, 1803, announced the end of the first phase of the Second Maratha War (1803-05).
With the Treaty of Deogaon, Raghuji Bhonsle ceded Cuttack and Balasore in Orissa to the East India Company, which made the British Indian territory continuous between Calcutta and Madras.