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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Seedaseer<br />
| partof = the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]<br />
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| date = 6 March 1799<br />
| place = Seedaseer Hill, near present-day Siddapura, [[Karnataka]]<br />
| result = British victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[British East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Mysore.svg|23px]] [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]]<br />
| commander1 = [[James Stuart (British Army general)|James Stuart]]<br>[[John Montresor]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Tipu Sultan]]<br />
| strength1 = 6,400<ref name=Naravane/><br />
| strength2 = Unknown<br />
| casualties1 = 135<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=179}}</ref><br />
| casualties2 = 150<ref name=Naravane/><br />
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Fourth Anglo-Mysore War}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Seedaseer''' was a battle of the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] on 6 March 1799 at Seedaseer (near present-day Siddapura, [[Karnataka]]), a hill and pass on the border of the [[Coorg]] and [[Mysore]] country 7 miles from [[Piriyapatna]] and with a view almost as far as [[Seringapatam]].<br />
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==Battle==<br />
Lieutenant-General [[James Stuart (British Army general)|James Stuart]] and the [[Bombay Army]] of 6,500 under his command advanced from [[Kannur|Cannanore]], aiming to cross the [[Western Ghats]] and converge at Seringapatam with the larger [[Madras Army]] advancing from the east. He then took up a defensive position on the Anglo-Mysore frontier to await further orders from General [[George Harris, 1st Baron Harris|George Harris]], placing his right brigade in an advanced position at Seedaseer on 2 March so as to better receive Harris's orders. This was under Lieutenant-Colonel John Montresor and was made up of what are now the 1st and 2nd [[Maratha Light Infantry]] battalions and the now-defunct 1st Bombay Pioneers. He kept his other 2 brigades, the main body of his force, at Siddapura and [[Ahmootenaar]] 8 to 12 miles from Seedaseer.<br />
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Receiving news of a possible Mysorean march Stuart reinforced the advanced position with one more battalion of [[Sepoys]]. This advance was Tipu's main force moving to destroy the Bombay Army (whilst a small Mysorean force held off the Madras Army), and reached Seedaseer at 9am on 6 March 1799. Stuart led the Left Brigade there as reinforcements by 2pm, forcing Tipu to withdraw.<br />
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The place where this battle took place was in the [[Jagir]] of Nawab Subhan Khan, father of Nawab Qutub Ali Khan. This place was taken over by Government of India after Police action in 1948.<br />
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==Estimation==<br />
The Governor-General [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley|Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington]] wrote in his despatches to the [[British East India Company]]'s directors "I am confident that your most honourable Court will be of the opinion that the conduct and success of the Army of Bombay on that day [at Seedaseer] has seldom been equalled and never surpassed.", and the battle's anniversary has been celebrated annually ever since as "Seedaseer Day" with regimental sports and, in the case of the 2nd Battalion, with a [[military tattoo|pageant]] of episodes during the battle in replicas of the 1799 uniforms.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{more footnotes|date=November 2014}}<br />
*http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/103rdmahratta.htm<br />
*https://web.archive.org/web/20081013133631/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/letter.html<br />
*https://web.archive.org/web/20081120194931/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/other/stuart1799.html<br />
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110726145613/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/mli_chapter_9.htm<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1799|Seedaseer]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Seedaseer]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Great Britain|Seedaseer]]<br />
[[Category:1799 in India]]</div>Surendra