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== Summary ==
Disputed succession led to turmoil in the state during which the Gadkari tribal people rebelled over unjust land laws. They formed the garrisons of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samangad Samanghur] and [http://fortsinmaharashtras.mumbaihikers.com/2010/07/bhudargad.html Bhudargad] hill forts which the shut against the authorities. The Sibandi militia joined the insurrection and set up an alternative government. British troops under General Delamotte were dispatched from [[Belgaum]]. His guns eventually forced Samanghur to surrender though Kolhapur forces were repulsed at Bhudargad. Negotiations led to the release of prisoners held by the rebel government and Delamoote marched to Bhudargad. The garrison surrendered but the rebel leader Babaji fled to another stronghold, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhala_Fort Panhala Fort]. This was stormed as were [http://wikimapia.org/14359250/deleted Rangna] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishalgad Vishalgad] forts. The insurrection was crushed and a British officer was installed as Political Superintendent to oversee the state government.
== Campaign Force ==
Some 8,000 fighting men under General Delamotte<br />
:*'''1st Brigade''' under Col Wallace
:*'''2nd Brigade''' under Col Brough
:*'''3rd Brigade''' under Col Hickes
:*'''Cavalry''' under a senior officer
:*'''Artillery''' under Col Lloyd CB
The list below is incomplete<br />
:*Part of HM [[14th Light Dragoons]]
:*Left wing of HM [[2nd Regiment of Foot|Queens Royals]]
:*HM [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] under Col Poole CB
:*[[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*A squadron of Dragoons
:*Wing of [[5th Madras Native Cavalry|5th Madras Cavalry]] under Capt Graeme
:*Three 18-pounder guns
:*Several large and small mortars
:*Howitzers and fast artillery of various sorts
== External links ==
==== Historical books on-line ====
''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency'' Government Central Press 1886 [http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay19enthgoog#page/n247/mode/1up Volume XXIV Gadkari Uprising] archive.org<br />
''Essays, military and political, written in India'' by Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence 1859[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=o0oQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA247&dq=General+Delamotte+Kolapoor+1844&hl=en&ei=UUa5TvK8BMWs8gPy8ZXWBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=General%20Delamotte%20Kolapoor%201844&f=false Kolhapur Campaign] Google Books<br />
[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Kolhapur Campaign]]
[[Category:Kolhapur Campaign| Kolhapur Campaign]]
