The second siege of Nargund was a siege conducted by

Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He int ...

, the

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

, in Nargund in 1785. Tipu Sultan, along with his commander, Burhanudhin, defeated the Marathas and recaptured Nargund.

Event

In 1778,

Hyder Ali Hyder Ali ( حیدر علی, ''Haidarālī''; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the att ...

, the Sultan of

, had successfully besieged the Maratha territory of Nargund. He retained its ruler, Vyankatrao Bhave, as a puppet and forced him to pay tribute. After the death of Hyder Ali, Bhave refused Tipu Sultan's demand for increased tribute and attempted to rejoin the Marathas, with whom Bhave's loyalty had always lain. Tipu Sultan sent his son-in-law Burhanudhin to recapture Nargund. Burhanudhin trapped Vyankatrao in his fort in February 1785. Vyankatrao eventually surrendered and the territory returned to Mysore rule in July 1785.

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