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The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on 1 July 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India Company in the place called Porto Novo (now known as Parangipettai) on the Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The British force, numbering more than 8,000 men under the command of Sir Eyre Coote defeated a force estimated at 40,000 under the command of Hyder Ali.[1][2][3]
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Memorial for the Battle of Porto Novo, 1781 at Porto Novo
References
- ↑ The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Reeves & Turner(1914)
- ↑ Barua, Pradeep. The state at war in South Asia, pp. 80–81.
- ↑ *Garstin, John Henry. Manual of the South Arcot district, pp. 152–154.
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