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|partof=[[:Category:4th Mysore War|4th Mysore War]]
|date=10 September 1800
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunigal KunigalKondaguli, Tamil Nadu] Karnataka
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=1316.0223676833,7776.0170522000&z=9&t=h&hl=en 1316.020295°N 776833°N 76.021347°E2000°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|commander1=[[Arthur Wellesley|Maj-Gen Arthur Wellesley]]
|commander2=Dhoondia Waug
|strength1= 1,200 horse|strength2= 5,000 horse
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
==Summary==
Following the capture of Seringapatnam Dhoondia Waug, a Maratha leader, was released from prison and, describing himself as King of the Two Worlds, went north where he plundered the countryside. Wellesley pursued him with a field force and eventually defeated him at Conagul.
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Mysore_War 4th Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
====Historical books on-line====[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_Y5QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Dhoondiah&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kCKAT9yuJc678gPCrJC7Bg&sqi=2&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Dhoondiah&f=false Campaign against Dhoondiah] The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington by G R Gleig 1865<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA192&dq=Wellesley+subject:%22India%22&as_brr=1&ei=PdozSKqjFqLsygTl79TKDw#PPA192,M1 Battle of Kondagul] Google BooksA History of the Mahrattas by James Grant Duff 1826
