1 July 1781
Battle of Porto Novo
Haidar Ali confronts an East India Company army at Porto Novo but is forced to withdraw after heavy fighting.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Porto Novo in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Haidar Ali confronts an East India Company army at Porto Novo but is forced to withdraw after heavy fighting.
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