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{{War|name=Gwalior Campaign |dates=1824 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitturu Kittur] |combatant1=British Field Force |combatant2= Gwalior State forces|result= British control of Kittur District|medal= |category=[[:Category:Gwalior Campaign 1843|Category:Gwalior Campaign 1843Minor Campaigns]] |link1= }}

Mallasarja Desai (ruler) of [[Kittur]], a small district near [[DarwarDharwar]], and his wife Rani Chennamma had a son Shivalingarudra Sarja without children who adopted a male relative, Shivalingappa. When Shivalingarudra died in 1824 the British did not recognise the succesion of his adopted son and invoked the doctrine of lapse. His widow, Rani Chennamma,