Battle of Ooscota

Battle of Ooscota
Part of the First Anglo-Mysore War
Date22–23 August 1768
Location
Result

Maratha Victory

Belligerents
 Maratha Confederacy Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Murari Rao Hyder Ali
Strength
Unknown Unknown number of War Elephant
Casualties and losses
18 Casualties 500 Casualties

The Battle of Ooscota (or Ooscata) was a battle in the First British-Mysore War, a conflict between the British East India Company and Hyder Ali, the sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore.[1] It took place on the night of the 22–23 August 1768.

Ooscota, the location of the battle, is the modern Hoskote, Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka, India.

  1. ^ T. B. Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 188. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.