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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Capture of Cannanore
| partof            = the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]
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| date              = 17 December 1790
| place             = [[Kannur|Cannanore]]
| result            = British victory
| combatant1        = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]] 
*[[Nair|Nair militia]]
| combatant2        = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Sultanate of Mysore]]
*{{flagicon image|Arakkal_flag_1.png}} [[Arakkal Kingdom]] of [[Cannanore]]
| commander1        = [[Robert Abercromby of Airthrey|Robert Abercromby]]
| commander2        = [[Ali Raja|Ali Raja Beevi Junumabe Sultana II]]
| strength1         = 3,000+ British soldiers, 2,000 [[Nair]]s
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| casualties1       = 
| casualties2       = 
}}
{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}
{{Mysore Invasion of Kerala}}
The '''Capture of Cannanore''' during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] took place on 17 December 1790.  Forces of the [[British East India Company]], led by General [[Robert Abercromby of Airthrey|Robert Abercromby]], began besieging [[Kannur|Cannanore]] (now known as Kannur), held by troops of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] and of the [[Ali Raja|Sultan Ali Raja]] of Cannanore on 14 December.  After gaining control of the high ground commanding the city's main fort, the defenders surrendered.  The British victory, along with the [[Battle of Calicut (1790)|taking of Calicut]] by a separate force a few days earlier, secured their control over the [[Malabar Coast]].

==Order of battle==
;British forces<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8cLAAAAYAAJ|title=Annual Register|date=1795-01-01|language=en}}</ref>
*3,000+ British soldiers of the [[77th Regiment of Foot|HM 77th Regiment]]
*[[1st Bombay Native Infantry (Bombay Grenadiers)|1st Bombay Native Infantry]]
*2,000 [[Nair]]s
;Mysorean forces
*5,000+ Mysoreans
*[[Mappila]]s

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711164058/http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore] Gazetteer 1857
*[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/3/mode/1up Robert Abercromby (1740-1827)]
*[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]

== Further reading ==
*Logan, William [https://books.google.com/books?id=9mR2QXrVEJIC&lpg=RA1-PA474&dq=Abercromby%20bibi%20cannanore&lr=&pg=RA1-PA472#v=onepage&q=Abercromby%20bibi%20cannanore&f=false ''Malabar Manual'', Volume 1]

==See also==
*[[Mysore invasion of Kerala]]

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1790|Cannanore]]
[[Category:Mysorean invasion of Malabar]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Cannanore 1790]]
[[Category:Battles involving Great Britain|Cannanore 1790]]
[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Cannanore 1790]]
[[Category:Military history of British India]]
[[Category:History of Kerala]]
[[Category:1790 in India]]


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