Siege of Nargund (1778)

{{Short description|Part of Maratha-Mysore wars}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Siege of Nargund 1778

| place = Nargund

| date = 1778

| partof = Maratha–Mysore Wars

| result = Mysore victory

| combatant1 = {{Flagicon image| Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} Maratha Confederacy

| combatant2 = Mysore

| commander1 = {{Flagicon image| Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} Vyankatrao Bhave

| commander2 = Hyder Ali

}}

The siege of Nargund took place in 1778 when troops from the Sultanate of Mysore attempted to capture the town of Nargund, a possession of the Maratha Confederacy.{{Cite book |last=Palsokar |first=R. D. |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=ifE9AAAAMAAJ}}

|title=Tipu Sultan |date=1969 |publisher=Poona |pages=49–50 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5L_2-w13fMMC&dq=Nargund+Mysore&pg=PA71 |title=Essays on Modern India |date=2003 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7141-690-5 |pages=71 |language=en}} Hyder Ali defeated Marathas and captured Nargund. Hyder Ali kept its Brahmin ruler, Vyankatrao Bhave, as the ruler of Nargund as long as he paid an annual tribute.