Savanur State

This article is about the specific polity Savanur State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Establishment

• January 1673: Savanur State was founded in 1672 when Abdul Karim Khan, an Afghan of the Miyana tribe from Kabul, in the service of the sultanat of Bijapur, was granted the jagir of Sarkar Bankapur near Bijapur in 1672.

Chronology

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1. Events

• January 1751: Savanur was conquered and made a tributary by the Marathas.
• January 1800: With the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799, independence returned to Savanur with about a third of its original territory.

Disestablishment

• January 1819: After the collapse of the Maratha Empire in 1818, following the Third Anglo-Maratha War, Savanur accepted protection from British East India Company and became a British protectorate.