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|date=13 December 1721 | |date=13 December 1721 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibag Alibag, Maharashtra | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolaba_Fort Kolaba Fort], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibag Alibag], Maharashtra<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA510&dq=Kolabah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA510,M1 Gazetteer] | ||
|presidency=[[Bombay]] | |presidency=[[Bombay]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.657346,72.878297&z=11&t=h&hl=en 18.657346°N 72.878297°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.657346,72.878297&z=11&t=h&hl=en 18.657346°N 72.878297°E] | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 11 November 2008
| Battle of Colaba | ||
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| Part of Maratha Skirmishes | ||
| Date: | 13 December 1721 | |
| Location: | Kolaba Fort, Alibag, Maharashtra Gazetteer | |
| Presidency: | Bombay | |
| Co-ordinates: | 18.657346°N 72.878297°E | |
| Result: | British & Portuguese defeat | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company and Portuguese | Marathas | |
| Commanders | ||
| Commodore Thomas Matthews | Kanhoji Angre | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
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