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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=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&dq=Calicut=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA176,M1 Calicut - Gazetteer 1857]
[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=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&dq=Calicut=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA176,M1 Calicut - Gazetteer 1857]


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Latest revision as of 21:04, 12 March 2021

Battle of Calicut 1790
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 7-12 December 1790
Location: Tirurangadi, Kozhikode, Kerala
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.043283°N 75.946123°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Col James Hartley Martab Khan
Hussein Ali Khan
Strength
1 European (75th Highland) Regiment
2 Battalions of sepoys
Field artilllery
5000 Tippu's troops
4000 Mapillas
Casualties
52 killed 1000 killed and wounded
2,400 prisoners

This was a series of engagements south of Calicut at Venkatakotta (7 December), Tirurangadi (10 December) and Ferokh & Beypore (12 December). The main battle was at Tirurangadi. There is a detailed description in the Malabar Manual on pages 472 & 473. (1)

Hartley's Detachment

  • HM 75th Regiment
  • Native Grenadier Battalion
  • 7 coys 7th Battalion
  • 500 Travancore Horse
  • Battalion of Travancore Sepoys
  • Body of Irregular Nairs
  • 10 guns

Biographies

External Links

Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War
Calicut - Gazetteer 1857

Recommended Reading

Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN 8120604469 (Limited Preview at link in Notes Section)

Notes

1 Malabar Manual by William Logan Pages 472 ff books.google.com