siege, early modern

Siege of Alorna

Name: Siege of Alorna
Start: 1746-05-04
Location: Pernem taluk, India

Siege of Alorna was a siege conducted on 4 May 1746 at Pernem taluk, in what is now India. It was part of Novas Conquistas. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 1,500 infantry, 900 cavalry against 1,100 infantry, 300 cavalry..

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Fought4 May 1746

WherePernem taluk, India15.700N, 73.905E

OutcomePortuguese victory

Belligerentsborder|25px Portuguese Empireagainst25px Maratha Empire; Sawantwadi State

Casualties and losses36 dead.and500 dead.

Part ofNovas Conquistas

Record

Date	4 May 1746
Place	Pernem taluk, India 15.700N, 73.905E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	1,500 infantry, 900 cavalry	1,100 infantry, 300 cavalry.
Casualties and losses	36 dead.	500 dead.
Commanders	Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Goa 1638, 18 km SW
Siege of Ponda 1675, 36 km S
Siege of Anjadiva 1506, 104 km S
Battle of Vijaydurg 1756, 114 km NW
Siege of Darwar 1790, 121 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Tiracol 1746

Elsewhere in 1746

Siege of Alorna is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q116301849, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Alorna, revision 1370738771, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.