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[[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cannanore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[3rd Mysore War]]
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
|date=17 December 1790
|date=14 December 1783
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala]
|location=[[Cannanore]], Kerala
|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.8553,75.361618&z=14&t=h&hl=en 11.8553°N 75.361618°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.855300°N 75.361615°E]   
|result=British victory
|result=British victory  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abercromby_of_Airthrey Gen Robert Abercromby]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101064087/ General Norman MacLeod]
|commander2=
|commander2=[[Tipu Sultan]]
|strength1=  
|strength1= 42nd & 100th  Regiments<br> Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=  
|casualties1= 100
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/265/mode/1up Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]<br>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kannur<br>
Variants: Cannanore<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War 3rd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sntxGUEMdgsC&pg=RA1-PA112&dq=Cannanore+Abercromby+1790&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Cannanore%20Abercromby%201790&f=false Capture of Cannanore] Google Books
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
== Recommended Reading ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GwwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175&dq=General+MacLeod&as_brr=1&ei=_nkhSLb1FaXEyASOjdXCDQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Cannanore] Google Books<br>
Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27&dq=Cannanore+1783&hl=en&ei=N44lTYWnCsGGhQfQ4tCBAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Cannanore%201783&f=false 52nd Regiment at Cannanore] Google Books<br />
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0EIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39&dq=Cannanore+1783&hl=en&ei=N44lTYWnCsGGhQfQ4tCBAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Cannanore%201783&f=false 36th Regiment at Cannanore] Google Books<br />
[[Category:Battles|Capture of Cannanore]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore] Gazetteer 1857
[[Category:Campaign of 1790|Capture of Cannanore]]
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Capture of Cannanore]]

Latest revision as of 13:14, 13 March 2021

Capture of Cannanore
Part of 2nd Mysore War
Date: 14 December 1783
Location: Cannanore, Kerala
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.855300°N 75.361615°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
General Norman MacLeod Tipu Sultan
Strength
42nd & 100th Regiments
Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers
Casualties
100

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kannur
Variants: Cannanore

External Links

Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War Wikipedia
Capture of Cannanore Google Books
52nd Regiment at Cannanore Google Books
36th Regiment at Cannanore Google Books
Cannanore Gazetteer 1857