A History of the Mahrattas v2.c40.4

v2.c40.4

¹ [Nargund (Nurgoond), now a town in Navalgund tāluka, Dhārwār District, situated thirty-two miles north-east of Dhārwār town, was one of the earliest possessions wrested by Sivājī from the Sultāns of Bijāpur. Together with some surrounding villages it was subsequently granted to the Bhāve family, to which the Brahman Desāi, mentioned by the author, probably belonged. After the defeat of the Pēshwā Bājī Rāo and the conquest of his territory, Nargund was handed over by the British to one Dādājī Rāo, who was at that time in possession of the town. In 1857 the chief revolted and murdered the British Commissioner and Political Agent, and Nargund was in consequence seized and incorporated in British territory. (I.G. Bom., 1909, ii. 77, 78.)]