attention of subsequent conquerors, including Aurangzeb , Shivaji , Aurangzeb's son Mu Azam, Peshwa Balaji Rao , Hyder Ali , Tipu Sultan and finally the British colonizers. In 1685, the fort was taken by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb , and Dharwad, on the break-up of the Mughal empire, fell under the