Battle of Pollilur (1780)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Pollilur (1780) was a major victory of Mysore’s forces under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan over the British East India Company, marking one of the worst defeats the British suffered in India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Pollilur (1781)	3
Battle of Pollilur (1780) canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Pollilur ⓘ surface form: Battle of Perambakam (sometimes, in older sources)
associatedWith	Hyder Ali–British rivalry ⓘ rise of Tipu Sultan ⓘ
belligerent	British East India Company ⓘ Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ Madras Army ⓘ surface form: Madras Presidency forces
chronologyWithinWar	early major Mysorean success in the Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
combatantStrength	British detachment under Baillie heavily outnumbered ⓘ Mysore army ⓘ surface form: Mysore army numerically superior to Baillie’s force
commander	Colonel William Baillie ⓘ Hyder Ali ⓘ Tipu Sultan ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Mysorean and later Indian historical narratives ⓘ
conflict	Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
date	1780 ⓘ
describedAs	one of the worst defeats suffered by the British in India ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Arcot (1780) ⓘ surface form: siege and fall of Arcot (1780)
hasCasualties	heavy British casualties ⓘ large number of British prisoners ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
impactOnBritish	forced reassessment of British strategy in the Carnatic ⓘ
involved	Mysorean artillery ⓘ Mysorean cavalry ⓘ sepoy infantry of the British East India Company ⓘ
location	Pollilur ⓘ near Kanchipuram ⓘ present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
notableFor	capture of most of Baillie’s detachment ⓘ use of Mysorean rockets against British forces ⓘ
opponentOf	British East India Company ⓘ Madras Army ⓘ
outcome	decisive Mysorean victory ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
precededBy	early campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Pollilur (1780) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)
result	Mysore victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated effectiveness of Mysorean tactics against European-style armies ⓘ enhanced the military reputation of Tipu Sultan ⓘ weakened British military position in southern India ⓘ
theatre	Carnatic region ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	18th-century conventional warfare ⓘ
year	1780 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Second Anglo-Mysore War → notableEvent → Battle of Pollilur (1780) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)

Mysorean forces → notableBattle → Battle of Pollilur (1780) ⓘ

Battle of Pollilur (1780) → relatedEvent → Battle of Pollilur (1780) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)

Battle of Porto Novo (1781) → followedBy → Battle of Pollilur (1780) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)