Battle of Tirurangadi explained

Conflict:Battle of Calicut
Partof:the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date:7–12 December 1790
Place:Malabar coast
Result:British victory
Combatant1:British East India Company
Kingdom of Travancore
Combatant2: Kingdom of Mysore
Commander1:James Hartley
Commander2:Martab Khan
Hussain Ali Khan

The Battle of Tirurangadi (also called the Battle of Calicut) was a series of engagements that took place between 7 and 12 December 1790 at Tirurangadi near the port of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

A British Bombay Army force landed at Tellicherry and with the aid of sepoys and horses provided by Travancore, defeated Tipu's commander, Hussain Ali Khan, at Calicut. Abercromby then went on to capture "all of Malabar."[1]

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  1. Book: Naravane, M.S. . Battles of the Honorourable East India Company . A.P.H. Publishing Corporation . 2014 . 9788131300343 . 176.