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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Siege of Udgir<br />
| date = 3 January 1760<br />
| place = [[Udgir]], [[Hyderabad State|Nizam’s Dominions]]<br />
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| result = [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]] [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire (triangular).svg|24px]][[Mughal Empire]] <br />
*[[File:Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png|24px]][[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<br />
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]][[Sadashivrao Bhau]]<br> [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]][[Raghunath Rao]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]][[Shamsher Bahadur]] <br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]][[Yeshwantrao Pawar]] <br>[[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|24px]][[Rayajirao Pawar]]<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png|24px]][[Asaf Jah II]]<br>[[File:Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png|24px]][[Ibrahim Khan Gardi]]<br />
}}<br />
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The Marathas under the command of Sadashivrao Bhau defeated the army of [[Salabat Jung]] (brother of Nizam Ali Khan, [[Asaf Jah II]]) at [[Udgir]], [[Latur district]]; wherein Salabat had intended to take the position as the Nizam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga-pmgxsWwoC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Bajirao+I#v=onepage|title=History Modern India|last=Sen|first=S. N.|publisher=New Age International Private Limited|year=2006|isbn=81-224-1774-4|pages=13}}</ref><ref name=":1">Jacques, Tony. ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges''. Greenwood Press. p. 236-237. {{ISBN|978-0-313-33536-5}}.</ref> This followed by recalling of French governor [[Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau]] to [[Pondicherry]] in 1760, wherein Nizam Ali, [[Asaf Jah II]] was handed over complete power from his brother [[Salabat Jung]] who wanted to take the position as 2nd Nizam.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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The aftermath of the war resulted in the Nizam's forces surrendering territory worth 60 lakhs including the cities of [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmadnagar]], [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daultabad]], [[Burhanpur]] and [[Bijapur]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Following the battle, the Marathas turned North to combat an [[Durrani Empire|Afghan force]] led by [[Ahmed Shah Durrani]] at the [[Third Battle of Panipat]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Battle of Palkhed]]<br />
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