What the records say
- When
- 20 May 1783 – 30 Jan 1784
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 12.87° N, 74.88° E
- Description
- 1783 event in the Second Anglo-Mysore War
Siege of Mangalore
Event in the Second Anglo-Mysore War
The siege of Mangalore was conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by Tipu Sultan and forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison led by Colonel John Campbell. The port city of Mangalore on the west coast of India was besieged from 20 May 1783 until the garrison capitulated on 30 January 1784 after being reduced to starvation; of the original garrison of 700 British soldiers and…
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