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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Quilon<br />
| partof = [[Travancore]]-[[East India Company|British]] War<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| date = 1809<br />
| place = [[Quilon|Quilon (Kollam)]], [[India]]<br />
| result = East India Company victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[British East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Former Travancore flag-Martanda Varma.png}}[[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]]<br />
| commander1 = Col. Chalmers<br />
| commander2 =[[Velu Thampi Dalawa]]<br />
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| casualties1 = Light<br />
| casualties2 = Heavy, 6 troop members were captured<br />
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The '''Battle of Quilon''' (or '''Battle of Kollam''') was fought on the 15{{nbsp}}January 1809 at [[Cantonment Maidan]] in [[Quilon]], an important port city and business hub on the southwest coast of [[India]]. The conflict involved troops of the Indian kingdom of [[Travancore]], led by the then [[Dewan]] (prime minister) of [[Travancore]], [[Velu Thampi Dalawa]], and a detachment of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] under Colonel Chalmers. The battle lasted for only six hours and is closely associated with the social and political history of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYlC_qF_eB0C&q=History+of+Travancore+by+P.+Shangoony+Menon&pg=PA6 |title=E-book:History of Travancore by P. Shangoony Menon |isbn=9788184650013 |access-date=2014-11-05|last1=David |first1=Maria A. |year=2009 }}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The battle was the result of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]'s occupation of the city of [[Quilon]] and an attack on their local garrison situated near [[Cantonment Maidan]], a sizeable area in the east of old [[Quilon]] town. Due to the importance of Quilon for trade, administration and shipping, a British garrison was stationed in the town. This was subsequently reduced to a native regiment acting as a protective force for the then Maharaja of the erstwhile state of [[Travancore]].<br />
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==The battle==<br />
On 15{{nbsp}}January 1809, on the orders of Travancore [[Dewan]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa]], 20,000–30,000 [[Nair]] troops with 18 artillery pieces attacked the British. Their commander, Colonel Chambers, divided his force of one European regiment and three battalions of native [[sepoy]]s into two columns, which then counter-attacked. The Nairs were driven off with the loss of 700 men and 15 artillery pieces.{{sfn|Aiya|1906|p=438}} The battle lasted only six hours and resulted in all the insurrectionists who participated in the battle being court-martialled and subsequently hanged at the maidan.<ref name="History of Travancore">[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-place-in-history/article3218611.ece A place in history]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Quilon]]<br />
* [[Cantonment Maidan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{Cite book|first1=V. Nagam|last1=Aiya|author-link1=V. Nagam Aiya|title=Travancore State Manual|publisher=Travancore Government Press|url=https://archive.org/details/travancorestate00aiyagoog|year=1906}}<br />
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[[Category:History of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving Travancore|Quilon]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the British East India Company|Quilon]]<br />
[[Category:January 1809 events]]</div>>Monkbot