Battle of Tiruvannamalai

Overview

The Battle of Tiruvannamalai is one of the two successful battles fought by the Madras Army in the Carnatic along with the Battle of Chengam. It was fought on 25 September 1767 between the allied forces led by the East India Company against the troops of Hyder Ali. The allied forces of the English army were led by Colonel Smith.

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Significance

The Battle of Tiruvannamalai was one of two engagements identified as successful actions by the Madras Army in the Carnatic during the First Anglo-Mysore War, the other being the Battle of Chengam. Fought on 25 September 1767, it pitted allied East India Company forces under Colonel Smith against the troops of Hyder Ali of Mysore. Within the broader campaign in the Carnatic, these two victories represented notable counterweights to Hyder Ali's pressure on Company-held territory, though the wider war continued. The battle's recorded outcome stands as part of the limited British military successes during a conflict in which Hyder Ali otherwise posed a sustained and serious threat to Company interests in southern India.

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