Battle of Colachel

When

10 Aug 1741

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

8.18° N, 77.26° E

Description

1741 battle of the Travancore–Dutch War

1741 battle of the Travancore-Dutch War

The Battle of Colachel was fought on 10 August 1741 [O.S. 31 July 1741] between the Indian kingdom of Travancore and the Dutch East India Company. During the Travancore-Dutch War, King Marthanda Varma's (1729–1758) forces defeated the Dutch East India Company's forces led by Admiral Eustachius De Lannoy on 10 August 1741. Travancore triumphed in the war with the military efforts of the Travancore army at land and fis…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Raja Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Colachel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le pacha de Travancore défait la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales à la bataille de Colachel près de Kânyâkumârî”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Travancore–Dutch War12 Nov 1739 · War