Siege of Bangalore

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battle military siege

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

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Bangalore ⓘ surface form: Siege of Bangalore (1791)
belligerent	British Army ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ
cityNowIn	Karnataka ⓘ surface form: Karnataka, India
combatantStrength	Mysorean garrison defending Bangalore ⓘ large British East India Company and allied forces ⓘ
commander	Charles Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess 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	Bengaluru ⓘ surface form: Bangalore 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	Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ surface form: Cornwallis’s 1791 campaign in Mysore
precededBy	earlier British operations in the Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
relatedTo	British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ surface form: British East India Company rule in India Charles Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess 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	South India ⓘ surface form: Southern India
usedBy	British Indian Army ⓘ surface form: British Army in India 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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Bangalore (1791)