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{{short description|1781 Battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Pollilur
| partof = the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 27 August 1781
| place = [[Pollilur]], [[Kanchipuram]], India
| result = Mysore's victory (Company claimed dubious victory)
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Sultanate of Mysore]]
| commander1 = [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Eyre Coote]]
| commander2 = [[Hyder Ali]]
| strength1 =11,000<ref name="Roy p.85">Roy p.85</ref>
| strength2 =unknown
| casualties1 = 421<ref name="Roy p.85">Roy p.85</ref>
| casualties2 = 2,000+<ref name="Roy p.85">Roy p.85</ref>
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Mysore War}}
}}

The '''Battle of Pollilur''' was fought on 27 August 1781, between forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] under [[Hyder Ali]] and [[British East India Company]] forces led by General [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Eyre Coote]]. The battle was fought on the site of [[Battle of Pollilur|a 1780 encounter]] in which a Company force was almost completely routed or captured.

In the 1781 battle, the company's army was organized into two lines. One line fought against the troops under Tipu Sultan. But Hyder Ali's army faced severe casualties and retreated to Kanchipuram.

After the battle, a shortage of provisions led Coote to move his forces toward Tripassore.<ref name="Roy p.85">Roy p.85</ref> Both the sides retreated in a drawn battle and both claimed victory by firing a salute though the English claimed "dubious victory".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Political History of Carnatic under the Nawabs|last=Ramaswami|first=N.S.|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1984|location=New Delhi|pages=228}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.180904/2015.180904.South-Of-India-History-Of-Mysoor--Vol-1.pdf|title=Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor|last=Wilks|first=Mark|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>

== Battlefield today ==
Much of the battle site has been altered owing to paddy cultivation. Two obelisks stand in memory of two officers who served in the army of East India Company. They stand on a higher ground than the surroundings and the inscribed text is very light and faded. Colonel George Brown and Captain James Hislop are remembered in the obelisks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2013/otherstories.html#story2|title=The story of two obelisks|last=Muthiah|first=Ramanathan|date=16 October 2009|website=madrasmusings.com|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Front_view_of_obelisks.jpg|thumb|Front view of obelisks]]
[[File:Pullalur_obelisks_situated_amidst_paddy_fields_and_coconut_grove.jpg|thumb|Location of Pullalur obelisks situated amidst paddy fields and coconut grove]]
[[File:Obelisk_on_Lieu_Col_Geroge_Brown.jpg|thumb|Lieu Col George Brown remembered in this obelisk, text is quite faded and very hard to read in certain places.]]
The obelisk dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel George Brown bears the following text:<ref name=":0" />

'''Sacred to the Memory of Lieutenant Colonel George Brown'''

'''When Lieutenant of Grenadiers in ??? Regiment'''

'''he lost his Right Arm on the storm of Conjevearam Pagoda occupied by Ye French'''

'''on the 18th of April ???? and fell in a general Action fought on this Field between the English'''

'''Forces and the Troops of Hyder Ally??? Bahaduer on the 27th of August 1781'''

'''esteemed by every Rank a gallant Soldier, an able Officer, and ???? ??? an Honest Man ???'''
[[File:Obelisk_on_James_Hislop.jpg|thumb|Cap James Hislop remembered in this obelisk, dates are not visible as the text is hardly legible.]]

The second obelisk, in memory of Captain James Hislop, displays the following text:<ref name=":0" />

'''Sacred to the memory of Captain James Hislop'''

'''who was killed by a Cannon Ball from the Enemy near this Spot,'''

'''The Field of Battle, 27 August 1781 while serving as Aid de Camp to'''

'''Lieut. General Sir Eyre Coote kbe, Commander in Chief'''

'''------------------'''

'''His professional Abilities and private Virtues,'''

'''Were felt and acknowledged by all his Contemporaries.'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Roy, Kaushik. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC&printsec=frontcover&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oPPjVMKcIcOhugTHl4HIDw&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false War, Culture, Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849]''. Routledge, 2011.
*Vibart, H. M (1881). [https://books.google.com/books?id=QyxFAAAAYAAJ&dq=wandiwash%201781&pg=PA157#v=onepage&q=wandiwash%201781&f=false ''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time'', Volume 1]

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[[Category:Battles involving the British East India Company|Pollilur 1781]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Pollilur 1781]]
[[Category:1781 in India]]
[[Category:Battles of the Second Anglo-Mysore War|Pollilur 1781]]

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