History

1791 Fort Seige: The Fall Of The Last Resistance In Bangalore's History

March 21 marks the anniversary of Lord Marquess Cornwallis' advance into Tipu Sultan's fort in Bangalore on a moonlit night in 1791. The British troops crossed ditches with ladders and fought with the forces of the Sultan of Mysore. The 'front and back attack' on the fort overwhelmed the defenders,...