Siege of Darwar

Siege of Darwar
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date18 September 1790 – 3 April 1791
Location
Darwar, Kingdom of Mysore
Result British-Maratha victory
Belligerents
Maratha Empire
British East India Company
Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Parushram Bhau Patwardhan
John Little
Charles Frederick
John Sartorius
Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib[1]
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Third Anglo-Mysore War
  • Nedumkotta
  • Calicut
  • Cannanore
  • Darwar
  • Koppal
  • Sittimungulum
  • Bangalore
  • Arakere
  • Coimbatore
  • Goorumconda
  • Nundydroog
  • Tellicherry
  • Hooly Honore
  • Savendroog
  • Shimoga
  • Seringapatam

The siege of Darwar was a twenty-nine-week siege of the fort at Dharwad in 1790 and 1791, then near the frontier, between the Kingdom of Mysore and the Maratha Empire. The Marathas, assisted by forces of the British East India Company, began the siege on 18 September 1790 and resulted with the surrender of Mysore garrison on 3 April 1791.

References

  1. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 177. ISBN 9788131300343.
  • Moor, Edward (1794). A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army (a detailed British account of the siege)
  • Mill, James. A history of British India, Volume 5
  • Duff, James Grant. A history of the Mahrattas, Volume 2
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