Capture of Cannanore: Difference between revisions

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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
100

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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 == 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/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
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 [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 />
 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore] Gazetteer 1857
-== Recommended Reading ==
-Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469