Difference between revisions of "Battle of Bangalore"
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA62&dq=Bangalore&as_brr=1&ei=pIOoR_LHNI3WzASOssDPDw#PPA64,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bangalore] | + | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War]<br> |
| − | ''Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot'' by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books. | + | ===Historical books online=== |
| + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA62&dq=Bangalore&as_brr=1&ei=pIOoR_LHNI3WzASOssDPDw#PPA64,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bangalore] | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&dq=Bangalore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA65,M1 Bangalore - Gazetteer 1857] | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo01viba#page/222/mode/2up ''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1''], page 222 by Henry Meredith Vibart 1881 | ||
| + | *''Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot'' by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books. | ||
| + | **[http://books.google.com/books?id=D1hKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP10 Monuments erected to the memory of those brave officers who fell at the taking of Bangalore] | ||
| + | **[http://books.google.com/books?id=D1hKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP54 View of the Burial Ground at Bangalore] | ||
[[Category:Battles|Bangalore, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Bangalore, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Campaign of 1791-92|Bangalore, Battle of]] | [[Category:Campaign of 1791-92|Bangalore, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Bangalore, Battle of]] | [[Category:3rd Mysore War|Bangalore, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 27 June 2010
| Battle of Bangalore | ||
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| Part of 3rd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | 6-21 March 1791 | |
| Location: | Bangalore, Tamil Nadu | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 12.908001°N 77.641010°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lord Cornwallis | Tipu Sultan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
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See our interactive map of 3rd Mysore War locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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The battle of Bangalore saw the storming of the town (Bangalore Pettah) and the subsequent capture of Bangalore Fort.
External Links
Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War
Historical books online
- Google Books - Capture of Bangalore
- Bangalore - Gazetteer 1857
- The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1, page 222 by Henry Meredith Vibart 1881
- Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books.
