Which British general defeated Haider Ali in the War of Porto Novo?

Key Fact(s)

The Battle of Porto Novo (1781) was a major engagement of the Second Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and Haider Ali. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Sir Eyre Coote employed superior battlefield tactics, discipline, and positioning to defeat Mysore’s forces.

The victory checked Haider Ali’s advance on the Coromandel Coast and restored British morale after earlier setbacks. Porto Novo demonstrated the effectiveness of European-style infantry and command against larger Indian armies. The battle is regarded as a turning point that stabilized the British position in South India during the war.