battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Capture of Shimoga
Capture of Shimoga was a battle fought on 29 December 1791 at Shimoga, in what is now India; it lasted 5 days. The recorded result: Anglo-Maratha victory.
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Record
| Date | 29 December 1791 to 3 January 1792 | |
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| Place | Shimoga, India 13.933N, 75.567E | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Bednore 1783, 59 km W
- Siege of Belur 1659, 91 km S
- Siege of Dwarasamudra 1311, 92 km SE
- Siege of Bankapur 1573, 115 km N
- Battle of Savanur 1786, 118 km N
Elsewhere in 1791
- Battle of Cape Kaliakra Bulgaria
- St. Clair's Defeat United States
- Battle of Măcin Romania
- Siege of Anapa Russia
- Big Bottom Massacre United States
Capture of Shimoga 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 Q739435, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shimoga, revision 1370589247, 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.