 The Maratha Navy dominated till around the 1730s, was in a state of decline by the 1770s, and ceased to exist by 1818.The British governed western Maharashtra as part of the Bombay Presidency, which spanned an area from Karachi in Pakistan to northern Deccan.A number of the Maratha states persisted as princely states, retaining autonomy in return for acknowledging British suzerainty.