Capture of Cannanore

Capture of Cannanore
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date 17 December 1790 Location Cannanore Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain British East India Company Nair militia	Sultanate of Mysore Arakkal Kingdom of Cannanore
Commanders and leaders
Robert Abercromby	Ali Raja Beevi Junumabe Sultana II
Strength
3,000+ British soldiers, 2,000 Nairs

The Capture of Cannanore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War took place on 17 December 1790. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Robert Abercromby, began besieging Cannanore (now known as Kannur), held by troops of Mysore and of the Sultan Ali Raja of Cannanore on 14 December. After gaining control of the high ground commanding the city's main fort, the defenders surrendered. The British victory, along with the taking of Calicut by a separate force a few days earlier, secured their control over the Malabar Coast.

Order of battle

British forces

• 3,000+ British soldiers of the HM 77th Regiment
• 1st Bombay Native Infantry
• 2,000 Nairs

Mysorean forces

• 5,000+ Mysoreans
• Mappilas

External links

• Mysore Wars Heritage History
• Cannanore Gazetteer 1857
• Robert Abercromby (1740-1827)
• Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)

Further reading

• Logan, William Malabar Manual, Volume 1

See also

• Mysore invasion of Kerala