Siege of Darwar

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Siege of Darwar
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date18 September 1790 3 April 1791
Location
Result British-Maratha victory
Belligerents
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg British East India Company
Flag of Mysore.svg Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svgParushram Bhau Patwardhan
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg John Little
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Charles Frederick
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg John Sartorius
Flag of Mysore.svg Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib [1]

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.