The Battle of Thrissur took place at

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

in 1763 between the forces of the

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and the

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Prelude

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of the

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and Maharaja Rama Varma of the

made an alliance to drive out the

from the territories belonging to the Raja of Kochi. Kingdom of Cochin accepted to cede parts of these territories to Travancore after the conquest.

The battle

The Travancore army marched forward under the command of the Dalawa Martanda Pillai. On arriving at Paravur, the Travancore commander on the advice of General

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decided upon a direct attack on

from two sides. For this purpose the army was grouped, in two divisions, one under Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai and the other under General

. The plan was to make a converging attack on Thrissur, the Dalawa marching directly on it while the General was to capture

Chetuva Chettuva ( pt, Chatuá) is a coastal village in Thrissur district, also known as Launchi Velayudhan's Backwater Kerala, India. Chettuva is located 25 km from Thrissur. The Chettuva Backwaters start at Enamakkal Lake and empties to Arabia ...

and attack it from the north. Thrissur was successfully occupied by Marthanda Pillai's force. The Zamorin's forces at Thrissur were caught within the blades of this scissors; but from this difficult position the ruler of Calicut extricated himself by ordering his garrison at Chetuva to fight desperate rearguard actions in which every inch of territory was resisted. Though the Zamorin's force resisted obstinately for a time, still it was no match to General

' s disciplined army and it was therefore compelled to retreating.

Aftermath

The Calicut forces evacuated the Cochin Territory. Zamorin sued for peace and agreed to indemnify

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for the expenses of the war by paying the moderate sum of one hundred and fifty thousand rupees, promising perpetual friendship.

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Prelude

The battle

Aftermath

See also

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