Battle of Seedaseer
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The Battle of Seedaseer was a key 1799 engagement in southern India in which British East India Company forces checked Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army shortly before the fall of Seringapatam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Seedaseer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2801849 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Seedaseer Context triple: [Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, majorBattle, Battle of Seedaseer]
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A.
Battle of Halani
The Battle of Halani was a decisive 18th-century conflict in Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, that led to the rise of the Talpur dynasty and the end of Kalhora rule in the region.
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B.
Battle of Graspan
The Battle of Graspan was a Second Boer War engagement in November 1899 in which British forces attacked well-entrenched Boer positions near Belmont in the Cape Colony.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Arakere
The Battle of Arakere was a key 1791 engagement between the British East India Company and Tipu Sultan’s Mysore forces near Seringapatam, influencing the course of the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
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E.
Battle of Kirkee
The Battle of Kirkee was a significant 1817 engagement during the Third Anglo-Maratha War in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha army near Pune, consolidating British control in western India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Seedaseer Target entity description: The Battle of Seedaseer was a key 1799 engagement in southern India in which British East India Company forces checked Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army shortly before the fall of Seringapatam.
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A.
Battle of Halani
The Battle of Halani was a decisive 18th-century conflict in Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, that led to the rise of the Talpur dynasty and the end of Kalhora rule in the region.
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B.
Battle of Graspan
The Battle of Graspan was a Second Boer War engagement in November 1899 in which British forces attacked well-entrenched Boer positions near Belmont in the Cape Colony.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Arakere
The Battle of Arakere was a key 1791 engagement between the British East India Company and Tipu Sultan’s Mysore forces near Seringapatam, influencing the course of the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
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E.
Battle of Kirkee
The Battle of Kirkee was a significant 1817 engagement during the Third Anglo-Maratha War in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha army near Pune, consolidating British control in western India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| chronology | occurred shortly before the fall of Seringapatam in 1799 ⓘ |
| combatant |
British East India Company forces
ⓘ
Mysore army ⓘ |
| conflict | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| date | 1799-03-06 ⓘ |
| era | late 18th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Seringapatam (1799) ⓘ |
| involved |
British Indian sepoy regiments
ⓘ
European officers of the British East India Company ⓘ |
| location |
Seedaseer
ⓘ
South India ⓘ
surface form:
southern India
|
| opponent | Tipu Sultan ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
Mysorean forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army
|
| outcome | Mysore attack checked ⓘ |
| partOf | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | British campaign against Tipu Sultan in 1799 ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier skirmishes of the 1799 Mysore campaign ⓘ |
| region |
Karnataka
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surface form:
Karnataka (present-day Indian state)
|
| result | British East India Company victory ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the defeat of Tipu Sultan
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helped clear the way for the advance on Seringapatam ⓘ |
| theatre | Mysore theatre of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| year | 1799 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Seedaseer Description of subject: The Battle of Seedaseer was a key 1799 engagement in southern India in which British East India Company forces checked Tipu Sultan’s Mysore army shortly before the fall of Seringapatam.
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