What the records say
- When
- 10 Sep 1780
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.97° N, 79.70° E
- Description
- 1780 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Pollilur (1780)
Battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
The Battle of Pollilur, also known as the Battle of Polilore or Battle of Perambakam, took place on 10 September 1780 at Pollilur near Conjeevaram, the city of Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu state, India, as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War. It was fought between an army commanded by King Tipu Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore, and a British East India Company force led by William Baillie.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite britannique à la Bataille de Pollilur”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Поллилуре”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page