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| conflict = Capture of Cannanore<br />
| partof = the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]<br />
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| date = 17 December 1790<br />
| place = [[Kannur|Cannanore]]<br />
| result = British victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} <br />
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]] <br />
*[[Nair|Nair militia]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Sultanate of Mysore]]<br />
*{{flagicon image|Arakkal_flag_1.png}} [[Arakkal Kingdom]] of [[Cannanore]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Robert Abercromby of Airthrey|Robert Abercromby]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Ali Raja|Ali Raja Beevi Junumabe Sultana II]]<br />
| strength1 = 3,000+ British soldiers, 2,000 [[Nair]]s<br />
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| casualties1 = <br />
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}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}<br />
{{Mysore Invasion of Kerala}}<br />
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]].<br />
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==Order of battle==<br />
;British forces<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8cLAAAAYAAJ|title=Annual Register|date=1795-01-01|language=en}}</ref><br />
*3,000+ British soldiers of the [[77th Regiment of Foot|HM 77th Regiment]]<br />
*[[1st Bombay Native Infantry (Bombay Grenadiers)|1st Bombay Native Infantry]]<br />
*2,000 [[Nair]]s<br />
;Mysorean forces<br />
*5,000+ Mysoreans<br />
*[[Mappila]]s<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711164058/http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore] Gazetteer 1857<br />
*[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/3/mode/1up Robert Abercromby (1740-1827)]<br />
*[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*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]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Mysore invasion of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1790|Cannanore]]<br />
[[Category:Mysorean invasion of Malabar]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Cannanore 1790]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving Great Britain|Cannanore 1790]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Cannanore 1790]]<br />
[[Category:Military history of British India]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:1790 in India]]<br />
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