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 forces
surface form: 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 (1780)
surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)

Battle of Sholinghur
location Porto-Novo
surface form: 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)