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[[Category:Battles|Pollilore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Pollilore, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Pollilore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War]
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
|date=27 August 1781
|date=27 August 1781
|location=Polilur, Near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchipuram Kanchipuram], Tamil Nadu]
|location=Pallur, near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakkonam Arakkonam], Tamil Nadu  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.832836,79.479844&z=15&t=h&hl=en 12.832836°N 79.479844°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.957016,79.677343&z=15&t=h&hl=en 12.957016°N 79.677343°E]   
|result=British victory  
|result=British victory  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Mysore
|combatant2=Mysore
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Coote  Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote]
|commander1=[[Eyre Coote|Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali Hyder Ali]  
|commander2=[[Hyder Ali]]  
|strength1=
|strength1=11,000
|strength2=  
|strength2= 80,000
|casualties1=   
|casualties1=421 killed and wounded  
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=2,000
}}
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Pullalur<br>
Variants: Pollilore/Polilur/Pollilur/Polliloor<br>
== 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 Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA394&dq=Pollilore+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ Google Books - Battle of Pollilore]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA394&dq=Pollilore+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ Battle of Pollilore] Google Books<br>
[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2013/otherstories.html#story2 Obelisks at Pullalur] madrasmusings.com


[[Image:Polilurmap.jpg|thumb|Polilur location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n40/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Coote's despatch] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)

Latest revision as of 07:24, 13 March 2021

Battle of Pollilore 1781
Part of 2nd Mysore War
Date: 27 August 1781
Location: Pallur, near Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 12.957016°N 79.677343°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Mysore
Commanders
Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote Hyder Ali
Strength
11,000 80,000
Casualties
421 killed and wounded 2,000

Spelling Variants

Modern name:Pullalur
Variants: Pollilore/Polilur/Pollilur/Polliloor

External Links

Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War Wikipedia
Battle of Pollilore Google Books
Obelisks at Pullalur madrasmusings.com

Historical books on-line

History of the Madras Army Vol II - Coote's despatch by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)