Battle of Bangalore

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Battle of Bangalore
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 6-21 March 1791
Location: Bangalore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
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

Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War
Google Books - Capture of Bangalore
Bangalore - Gazetteer 1857
Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books. Monuments erected to the memory of those brave officers who fell at the taking of Bangalore, View of the Burial Ground at Bangalore