User:Tinkaer1991/Caste disputes of 1822

Coordinates: 11°1′45″N 79°50′58″E / 11.02917°N 79.84944°E / 11.02917; 79.84944
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Caste dispute of 1822
Part of the Caste-related violence in India

18th Century Danish Map of Tranquebar.
Date27 January – 14 February 1822
Location
Tranquebar, Danish India
11°1′45″N 79°50′58″E / 11.02917°N 79.84944°E / 11.02917; 79.84944
Result Danish victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Comerasamy Pillai Danish India Johan Hermannson
Units involved
Peasants
Polygars		 Danish India Danish sepoys
Strength
1000 Paraiyan desserters[a] 100 soldiers
ca 100 peons[b]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Acording to Indian and Danish records. This also included women and children.
  2. ^ Official number of Soldiers in the garrison from 1815.
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