Battle of Colachel
The Battle of Colachel (or The Battle of Kolachel) was fought on 10 August 1741 [O.S. 31 July 1741] between the Indian kingdom of Travancore and the Dutch East India Company. During the Travancore-Dutch War, King Marthanda Varma's (1729–1758) forces defeated the Dutch East India Company's forces led by Admiral Eustachius De Lannoy on 10 August 1741. The Dutch never recovered from the defeat and no longer posed a large colonial threat to India. Travancore won the war with the notable military service of the Travancore nair brigadeat the sea and seashore while Anantha padmanabhan Pillai commander in chief of the army at the land.
| Battle of colachel | |||||||
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| Part of the Travancore-Dutch War | |||||||
Eustachius De Lannoy surrendering to Raja Marthanda Varma at the battle of kolachel. | |||||||
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| Travancore | |||||||
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Marthanda Varma
| Eustachius De Lannoy (POW) | ||||||
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| Negligible |
24 officials were taken as war prisoners | ||||||
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| History of Kerala |
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