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Siege of Goorumconda

Coordinates: 13°46′37″N 78°35′10″E / 13.777°N 78.586°E / 13.777; 78.586
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Siege of Goorumconda
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date20 November 1791
Location13°46′37″N 78°35′10″E / 13.777°N 78.586°E / 13.777; 78.586
Result
  • First battle:Mysore Victory
  • Second battle:British Victory
Territorial
changes
  • Nizam - British alliance failed to Capture Goorumconda in 1790
  • British captured the fort in 1791
  • Belligerents
    Sultanate of Mysore Hyderabad
    British East India Company
    Commanders and leaders

    Tipu Sultan son

    Unknown commander
    Mahabat Jung
    Captain Read

    The siege of Goorumconda (15 September – 25 December 1791) was a series of conflicts fought at Goorumconda, a hill fort northeast of Bangalore, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. An army of the Nizam of Hyderabad, assisted by British East India Company forces, captured the outer works of the town on 20 November, after a one-month siege. Following this, the British troops, which had stormed the works, turned the town over to a detachment of the Nizam's troops. These were surprised and slaughtered by a detachment of Mysorean troops led by Tipu Sultan's son on 20 November 1791, who resupplied the fort. The works were again captured by the British on 25 December 1791.

    References

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    • History of the Madras Army, Volume 2
    • Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.
    • Marshman, John Clark (1863). The history of India