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Surrender of Cannanore

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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[3rd Mysore War]]
|date=17 December 1790
|location=[[Cannanore]], Kerala
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency]]
|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]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abercromby_of_Airthrey General Robert Abercromby]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/3/mode/1up Robert Abercomby (1740-1827)]<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 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>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GwwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175&dq=General+MacLeod&as_brr=1&ei=_nkhSLb1FaXEyASOjdXCDQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of 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

[[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Surrender of]]
[[Category:3rdd Mysore War|Cannanore, Surrender of]]

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