| Siege of Bahadur Benda | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha Empire |  Kingdom of Mysore | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Hari Pant | Tipu Sultan | ||||||||
Thesiege of Bahadur Benda occurred when the forces ofMysore led byTipu Sultan besieged Bahadur fort in 1787.[1] Tipu Sultan defeated theMaratha Army led byHari Pant and captured the fort located in present-dayKoppal district ofKarnataka. It was the last military engagement between theMaratha Empire and Tipu Sultan.[2][3][4][5]
Bahadur Benda was a fort under the Maratha Empire. Tipu Sultan, the King ofMysore, besieged and captured the fort in 1787. The Maratha forces were led by Hari Pant, a general of the Maratha Empire.[6][7]
This was the last military engagement between the Maratha Empire and Tipu Sultan.[5][6]