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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Siege of Nargund 1778<br />
| place = [[Nargund]]<br />
| date = 1778<br />
| partof = Maratha–Mysore Wars<br />
| result = [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{Flagicon image| Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} [[Maratha Confederacy]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]]<br />
| commander1 = {{Flagicon image| Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} Vyankatrao Bhave<br />
| commander2 = [[Hyder Ali]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''siege of Nargund''' took place in 1778 when troops from the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultanate of Mysore]] attempted to capture the town of [[Nargund]], a possession of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Confederacy]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Palsokar |first=R. D. |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=ifE9AAAAMAAJ}}<br />
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|title=Tipu Sultan |date=1969 |publisher=Poona |pages=49–50 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5L_2-w13fMMC&dq=Nargund+Mysore&pg=PA71 |title=Essays on Modern India |date=2003 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7141-690-5 |pages=71 |language=en}}</ref> [[Hyder Ali]] defeated [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] and captured Nargund. Hyder Ali kept its [[Brahmin]] ruler, Vyankatrao Bhave, as the ruler of Nargund as long as he paid an annual tribute.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Second siege of Nargund]]<br />
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