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Latest revision as of 17:32, 20 December 2010

Battle of Hoskote
Part of 1st Mysore War
Date: 23 August 1768
Location: Hoskote, Karnataka
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 13.069988°N 77.789413°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Colonel Donald Campbell Hyder Ali
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 1st Mysore War

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Hoskote
Variants: Ooscotta/Ooscata

External Links

Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
Ist Mysore War Wikipedia
Hoskote Gazetteer 1857

Historical books on-line

A History of the British Army - Volume III by J. W. Fortescue Battle of Ooscotta Google Books
Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time by Thomas Benfield Harbottle Battle of Ooscata Google Books