Conflict: | Siege of Ambur |
Date: | 10 Nov. – 7 Dec. 1767 |
Place: | Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Result: | Victory for Local troops and EIC |
Combatant1: | East India Company
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Combatant2: | Mysore state |
Commander1: | Captain Calvert |
Commander2: | Hyder Ali |
The siege of Ambur (10 November – 7 December 1767) was conducted by a combined force of Mysorean and Hyderabadi troops under the command of Hyder Ali against the town of Ambur in southern India during the First Anglo-Mysore War. The town was successfully defended by a garrison of local troops and a small force of British East India Company troops under the command of Captain Calvert.[1]