The Battle of Dodderi was a three-day battle of the Deccan wars between the Maratha forces led by Santaji Ghorpad and the Mughal army, with support from the Nayak of Chitradurga. Santaji's strategic attacks disrupted the Mughal advance, leading to the death of Mughal commander Qasim Khan.[4] The Mughals retreated to the fort of Dodderi, where they faced starvation and hard conditions due to a tight Maratha blockade. Mughal commander Khanazad Khan surrendered and agreed to pay a ransom of 100,000 rupees.[2] The battle is considered a decisive defeat for the Mughal Empire.[5]
^ abKulkarn, G. T. (1971). "Battle of Dodderi". Maratha History Seminar 1970-Papers. 9. Kolhapur: Shivaji University: 101–106.
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^Jadunath Sarkar; V.G. Dighe; B.K. Apte; B.G. Kunte (1967). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: History. Bombay: Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications. p. 27. In 1695, Santaji Ghorpade by masterly tactics and dispersal and concentration of his swift cavalry divisions, drove Qasim Khin, the Subbedar of Moghal Western Mysore (Sera) and Khanzaid Khan, one of the highest Court nobles, in helpless defeat into the small fort of Dodderi, where they were forced by starvation to make an abject surrender, giving up all their property and promising a ransom of 20 lakhs. Qéasim Khan himself died. Next Santaji slew Himmat Khan, a very able and vigorous general, (on 20th January 1696) near Basavapattam.
Nayakas of Chitradurga 
Mughal Empire
