| Battle of Pancoorta Cottah | |||||||
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| Part of Wynaad Insurrection | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British East India Company | Kingdom of Kottayam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Colonel Arthur Wellesley Capt Dickenson † Lt. Maxwell † | Edachena Kunkan | ||||||
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