Battle of Porto Novo (1781)

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The Battle of Porto Novo (1781) was a major engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, in which Hyder Ali’s Mysore forces clashed with and were ultimately repelled by the British East India Company army under Sir Eyre Coote.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Parangipettai ⓘ
Battle of Porto Novo ⓘ
associatedWith British colonial expansion in India ⓘ
Mysore-British rivalry ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
combatant1 British East India Company army ⓘ
combatant2 Mysore army ⓘ
commander Hyder Ali ⓘ
Sir Eyre Coote ⓘ
conflict Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
date 1781-07-01 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Pollilur (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Sholinghur ⓘ
location Porto Novo ⓘ
linked to: Porto-Novo

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
notableFor defensive success of Eyre Coote against numerically superior Mysore forces ⓘ
opponentOf Hyder Ali ⓘ
Sir Eyre Coote ⓘ
outcome Mysore forces repelled ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
precededBy earlier Mysore invasions of the Carnatic ⓘ
result British East India Company victory ⓘ
significance major engagement of the Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
theatre Carnatic region ⓘ
year 1781 ⓘ

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Second Anglo-Mysore War → notableEvent → Battle of Porto Novo (1781) ⓘ