Battle of Savanur

{{Short description|1786 Military engagement}}

{{Context|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Savanur

| place = Savanur

| result = Mysore victory

| date = October 1786

| combatant1 = Kingdom of Mysore

| combatant2 = {{flag|Maratha Confederacy}}

| commander1 = Tipu Sultan

| commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}Hari Pant

| strength2 = 60,000

| strength1 = ~Unknown~

| coordinates = {{coord|14|58|23|N|75|19|58|E|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Karnataka#India

}}

The Battle of Savanur occurred between the Kingdom of Mysore and Maratha Confederacy.{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&dq=Tipu+Savanur&pg=PA56 |title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96 |date=1994 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-789-0 |edition=Reprint |location=Bombay |pages=55–57 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Chitnis |first=Krishnaji Nageshrao |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKjl5BftcdwC&dq=Tipu+Savanur&pg=PA57 |title=The Nawabs of Savanur |date=2000 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7156-521-4 |location=New Delhi |pages=57 |language=en}} The Mysore forces led by Tipu Sultan defeated the Maratha at Savanur in October 1786. The Maratha Army led by Hari Pant retreated, and the Mysore army entered Savanur.{{Cite book |last=Palsokar |first=R. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifE9AAAAMAAJ&q=Tipu+Savanur |title=Tipu Sultan |date=1969 |publisher=Poona |pages=57 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Mohibbul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC&pg=PA105 |title=History of Tipu Sultan |date=2005 |publisher=Aakar Books |isbn=978-81-87879-57-2 |edition=Reprint |location=Delhi |pages=103–106 |language=en}}