Battle of Panamarathukotta

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Battle of Pancoorta Cottah
Part of Wynaad Insurrection
Date11 October 1802
Location
Wynaad, Kerala
Result Cotiote Victory
Belligerents
British East India Company Nair Cotiote warriors
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Arthur Wellesley, Capt Dickenson Edachenna Kungan

Battle of Panamarathukotta (or Pancoorta Cottah) was fought between the British East India Company and the Nairs in Wayanad, in the south Indian state of Kottayam.

East India Company 16th through 19th-century British trading company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC), East India Trading Company (EITC), or the British East India Company, and informally known as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia, and colonised Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.

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