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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

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

Modern name: Kannur
Variants: Cannanore

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 |partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
 |date=14 December 1783
-|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala]
+|location=[[Cannanore]], Kerala
 |presidency=[[Madras]]
 |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]
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 [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 ==
 [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/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GwwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA103&dq=General+MacLeod&as_brr=1&ei=_nkhSLb1FaXEyASOjdXCDQ#PRA1-PA104,M1  Google Books - Capture of Cannanore]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore - Gazetteer 1857]