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| date = 18 September 1790 – 3 April 1791 | | date = 18 September 1790 – 3 April 1791 | ||
| place = [[Darwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] | | place = [[Darwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] | ||
| result = British- | | result = British-Maratha victory | ||
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}[[ | | combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}[[Maratha Empire]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]] | ||
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Kingdom of Mysore]] | | combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Kingdom of Mysore]] | ||
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}Parushram Bhau Patwardhan<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} John Little<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} Charles Frederick<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} John Sartorius | | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}Parushram Bhau Patwardhan<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} John Little<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} Charles Frederick<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} John Sartorius | ||
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{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}} | {{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}} | ||
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The '''Siege of Darwar''' was a twenty-nine-week [[siege]] of the fort at [[Darwar]] in 1790 and 1791, then near the frontier between the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] and the [[ | The '''Siege of Darwar''' was a twenty-nine-week [[siege]] of the fort at [[Darwar]] 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; the Mysorean garrison surrendered on 3 April 1791. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Siege of Darwar | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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 Maratha Empire British East India Company |
 Kingdom of Mysore | ||||||
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Parushram Bhau Patwardhan John Little Charles Frederick John Sartorius |
Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib[1] | ||||||
The Siege of Darwar was a twenty-nine-week siege of the fort at Darwar 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; the Mysorean garrison surrendered on 3 April 1791.
References[edit]
- ↑ 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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