siege, early modern

Siege of Mangalore

Name: Siege of Mangalore
Start: 1783-05-20
Location: Mangaluru, India

Siege of Mangalore was a siege conducted on 20 May 1783 at Mangaluru, in what is now India; it lasted 8 months. The recorded result: Mysore victory. Recorded strength: 700 British and 2,000 Indian troops against 100,000.

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Fought20 May 1783lasted 8 months

WhereMangaluru, India12.870N, 74.881E

OutcomeMysore victory

BelligerentsKingdom of Great Britain; British East India CompanyagainstSultanate of Mysore

Casualties and losses1,950andUnknown

Record

Date	20 May 1783 to 30 January 1784
Place	Mangaluru, India 12.870N, 74.881E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	700 British and 2,000 Indian troops	100,000
Casualties and losses	1,950	Unknown
Commanders	John Campbell of Stonefield	Tipu Sultan

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Bednore 1783, 107 km N
Siege of Belur 1659, 112 km E
Capture of Cannanore 1790, 123 km SE
Siege of Cannanore 1507, 125 km SE
Siege of Dwarasamudra 1311, 126 km E

Elsewhere in 1783

Siege of Mangalore 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 Q3485940, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mangalore, revision 1370743245, 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.