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[[Category:Battles|Bangalore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War 3rd Mysore War]
|partof=[[:Category:3rd Mysore War|3rd Mysore War]]
|date=6-21 March 1791
|date=6-21 March 1791
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore Bangalore, Tamil Nadu]
|location=[[Bangalore]], Tamil Nadu
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.908001,77.64101&z=10&t=h&hl=en 12.908001°N 77.641010°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.908001,77.64101&z=10&t=h&hl=en 12.908001°N 77.641010°E]   
|result=British victory
|result=British victory
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|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/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis]
|commander1=[[Charles Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan]  
|commander2=[[Tipu Sultan]]  
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
|strength2=  
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|casualties2=  
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{{Battlemap|war=3rd Mysore War |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=11.486754,76.916656&spn=1.025475,0.729218&t=p&z=10&msid=101241150585833319689.00046efd48abd1d16dbca}}
The battle of [[Bangalore]] saw the storming of the town (Bangalore Pettah) and the subsequent capture of Bangalore Fort.
== 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=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA62&dq=Bangalore&as_brr=1&ei=pIOoR_LHNI3WzASOssDPDw#PPA64,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bangalore]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&dq=Bangalore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA65,M1 Bangalore - Gazetteer 1857]
[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=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&dq=Bangalore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA65,M1 Bangalore] Gazetteer 1857
 
====Historical books online====
*''Annals of the wars of the eighteenth century Vol IV'' by Sir Edward Cust 1862 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA62&dq=Bangalore&as_brr=1&ei=pIOoR_LHNI3WzASOssDPDw#PPA64,M1 Capture of Bangalore]
*''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1''] by Henry Meredith Vibart 1881 [http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo01viba#page/222/mode/2up Siege of Bangalore]
*''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:Campaign of 1791-92|Bangalore, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Bangalore, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 13:11, 13 March 2021

Battle of Bangalore
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 6-21 March 1791
Location: Bangalore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras Presidency
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
See our interactive map of
3rd Mysore War
locations and routes on Google Maps

The battle of Bangalore saw the storming of the town (Bangalore Pettah) and the subsequent capture of Bangalore Fort.

External Links

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

Historical books online