Siege of Darwar

Siege of Darwar Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War Date 18 September 1790 – 3 April 1791 Location Darwar, Kingdom of Mysore Result British-Mahratta victory Belligerents Mahratta Empire British East India Company Kingdom of Mysore Commanders and leaders Purseram Bhow John Little Charles Frederick John Sartorius Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib

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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 Mahratta Empire. The Mahrattas, 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

• 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