The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on 1 July 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India Company in the place called Porto Novo (now known as Parangipettai) on the Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The British force, numbering more than 8,000 men under the command of Sir Eyre Coote defeated a force estimated at 40,000 under the command of Hyder Ali.[2][3][4]
Memorial for the Battle of Porto Novo, 1781 at Porto Novo
It is also called the Battle of Chelambram (Chidambaram) One of the most crucial battles ever fought in southern India. After the war known that Hyder Ali orders not to take any prisoners.
^Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 174. ISBN 9788131300343.
^Malleson, George Bruce (1914). The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849. Reeves & Turner. p. 254.
^ Barua, Pradeep. The state at war in South Asia, pp. 80–81.
^ *Garstin, John Henry. Manual of the South Arcot district, pp. 152–154.
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Memorial for the Battle of Porto Novo, 1781 at Porto Novo