The Battle of Calicut (also called the Battle of Tervanagary or Thiroorangadi) was a series of engagements that took place between 7 and 12 December 1790 near the port of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. A force of three regiments from the British East India Company, about 1,500 men, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Hartley, decisively defeated a 9,000 man Mysorean army, killing or wounding about 1,000, and taking a large number of prisoners, including the commander, Hussein Ali Khan Sahib of Mysore.
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| - The Battle of Calicut (also called the Battle of Tervanagary or Thiroorangadi) was a series of engagements that took place between 7 and 12 December 1790 near the port of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. A force of three regiments from the British East India Company, about 1,500 men, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Hartley, decisively defeated a 9,000 man Mysorean army, killing or wounding about 1,000, and taking a large number of prisoners, including the commander, Hussein Ali Khan Sahib of Mysore.
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- 9000(xsd:integer)
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Commander
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- Martab Khan Sahib
- James Hartley
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Casualties
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- 1000(xsd:integer)
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- Sultanate of Mysore
- Kingdom of Travancore
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| - The Battle of Calicut (also called the Battle of Tervanagary or Thiroorangadi) was a series of engagements that took place between 7 and 12 December 1790 near the port of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. A force of three regiments from the British East India Company, about 1,500 men, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Hartley, decisively defeated a 9,000 man Mysorean army, killing or wounding about 1,000, and taking a large number of prisoners, including the commander, Hussein Ali Khan Sahib of Mysore.
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