The siege of Goorumconda (15 September – 25 December 1791) was a series of conflicts fought at Goorumconda, a hill fort northeast of Bangalore, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. An army of the Nizam of Hyderabad, assisted by British East India Company forces, captured the outer works of the town on 20 November, after a one-month siege. Following this, the British troops, which had stormed the works, turned the town over to a detachment of the Nizam's troops. These were surprised and slaughtered by a detachment of Mysorean troops led by Tipu Sultan's son on 20 November 1791, who resupplied the fort. The works were again captured by the British on 25 December 1791.

Siege of Goorumconda
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date20 November 1791
Location13°46′37″N 78°35′10″E / 13.777°N 78.586°E / 13.777; 78.586
Result
  • First battle:Mysore Victory
  • Second battle:British Victory
Territorial
changes
  • Nizam - British alliance failed to Capture Goorumconda in 1790
  • British captured the fort in 1791
  • Belligerents
    Sultanate of Mysore Hyderabad
    British East India Company
    Commanders and leaders

    Tipu Sultan son

    Unknown commander
    Mahabat Jung
    Captain Read

    References

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    • History of the Madras Army, Volume 2
    • Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.
    • Marshman, John Clark (1863). The history of India