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| conflict = Capture of Shimoga<br />
| partof = the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]<br />
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| date = 29 December 1791 &ndash; 3 January 1792<br>(6 days)<br />
| place = [[Shimoga]], [[Mysore]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|13|56|N|75|34|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| result = Anglo-Maratha victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Maratha Empire}} [[Maratha Empire]]<br>{{flagicon|East India Company}} [[East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore Hyder Ali & TipuSultan.png|border=}} [[Kingdom of Mysore]]<br />
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Maratha Empire}} [[Parshuram Bhou]]<br>{{flagicon|East India Company}} [[John Little]]<br />
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore Hyder Ali & TipuSultan.png|border=}} [[Reza Sahib]]{{POW}}<br />
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}<br />
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The '''Capture of Shimoga''', a town and fortress held by forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], occurred on 3 January 1792, after a preliminary battle with the attacking forces of the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], not far from the town on 29 December, had scattered much of its defending army. The defenders surrendered after the fort's walls were breached. The battle was part of a campaign during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] by Maratha leader Purseram Bhow to recover Maratha territories taken by [[Hyder Ali]] in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas. By the end of the siege, Reza Sahib a leading [[Mysore]] commander, was among the captured.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaques |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbLOEAAAQBAJ |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century [3 volumes] |date=2006-11-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-02799-4 |pages=936 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1791|Shimoga]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1792|Shimoga]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Shimoga 1791]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire|Shimoga 1791]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Shimoga 1791]]<br />
[[Category:1792 in India]]<br />
[[Category:1791 in India]]<br />
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