Battle of Tirurangadi

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The Battle of Tirurangadi (also called the Battle of Calicut) was a series of engagements that took place between 7 and 12 December 1790 at Tirurangadi near the port of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

Battle of Calicut
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date7–12 December 1790
Location
Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company
TravancoreKingdom of Travancore
Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
James Hartley Martab Khan
Hussain Ali Khan

A British Bombay Army force landed at Tellicherry and with the aid of sepoys and horses provided by Travancore, defeated Tipu's commander, Hussain Ali Khan, at Calicut. Abercromby then went on to capture "all of Malabar."[1]

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  1. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 9788131300343.
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