Siege of Arcot (1780)

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The Siege of Arcot (1780) was a key military engagement during the Second Anglo-Mysore War in which Mysore forces besieged the British-held fortress town of Arcot in southern India.

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Siege of Arcot (1780) canonical 1
siege and fall of Arcot (1780) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
belligerent British East India Company
Kingdom of Mysore
combatant British East India Company
British East India Company forces
surface form: British forces in India

Kingdom of Mysore
Mysorean forces
surface form: Mysore forces
conflict Second Anglo-Mysore War
controlledPlace Arcot fortress
country India
describedAs key military engagement of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
era 18th century
followedBy subsequent Mysore operations in the Carnatic
hasCause Second Anglo-Mysore War hostilities
involves fortress town of Arcot
siege warfare
location Arcot
Carnatic region
southern India
objective capture of Arcot fortress
opponent British garrison at Arcot
partOf Second Anglo-Mysore War
precededBy earlier campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
relatedTo Anglo-Mysore Wars
British colonial expansion in India
Mysore-British rivalry in South India
result Mysore victory
significance demonstrated Mysore military strength
weakened British position in the Carnatic
theatre Carnatic theatre of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
typeOfConflict siege operation
year 1780

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Second Anglo-Mysore War notableEvent Siege of Arcot (1780)
Battle of Pollilur (1780) followedBy Siege of Arcot (1780)
this entity surface form: siege and fall of Arcot (1780)