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Battle of Punnaikayal

1553 · 8.63° N, 78.11° E

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1553
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8.63° N, 78.11° E
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1553 battle

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Battle of Punnaikayal

The Battle of Punnaikayal (1553) was a conflict between the Portuguese and a combined force of Ottomans, Kingdom of Calicut and Vijayanagara troops. Seeking to end Portuguese dominance over the Coromandel Coast and its pearl fisheries, Vitthala of Vijayanagar allied with the Ottoman-Calicut Muslim fleet under Irapali. The Muslim forces attacked by sea while Vishwanatha Nayak’s troops advanced by land.

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