Siege of Bangalore

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The Siege of Bangalore was a major 1791 British East India Company assault on the fortified city of Bangalore during the Anglo-Mysore conflicts, marking a key step toward the eventual defeat of Tipu Sultan.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Bangalore canonical 1
Siege of Bangalore (1791) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Bangalore (1791) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Bangalore
belligerent British Army ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
cityNowIn Karnataka, India ⓘ
linked to: Karnataka
combatantStrength Mysorean garrison defending Bangalore ⓘ
large British East India Company and allied forces ⓘ
commander Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Tipu Sultan ⓘ
conflict Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
endDate 1791-03-21 ⓘ
followedBy British advance toward Seringapatam ⓘ
fortificationType fortress ⓘ
walled city ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
location Bangalore ⓘ
linked to: Bengaluru

Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
notableFor heavy fighting around the fortifications ⓘ
storming of the Bangalore fort ⓘ
objective capture of the fortified city of Bangalore ⓘ
opponent Tipu Sultan ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
partOfCampaign Cornwallis’s 1791 campaign in Mysore ⓘ
precededBy earlier British operations in the Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
relatedTo British East India Company rule in India ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
capture of Bangalore by British forces ⓘ
significance key step toward the eventual defeat of Tipu Sultan ⓘ
secured a major base for British operations in Mysore ⓘ
startDate 1791-02-05 ⓘ
theatre Southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
usedBy British Army in India ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

British East India Company ⓘ
year 1791 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Anglo-Mysore War → significantBattle → Siege of Bangalore ⓘ
Siege of Bangalore → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Bangalore (1791) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Bangalore