Battle of Colachel

Battle of Colachel
	Part of the Travancore-Dutch War
	; Eustachius De Lannoy surrendering to Raja Marthanda Varma at the Battle of Colachel.
Date	10 August 1741
Location	Colachel, Travancore, Malabar Coast (present-day India, Tamil Nadu)8°10′N 77°14′E / 8.17°N 77.24°E
Result	Travancore victory
Belligerents
Travancore	Dutch Republic Dutch East India Company;
Commanders and leaders
Marthanda Varma; Ramayyan Dalawa	Eustachius De Lannoy (POW)
Casualties and losses
Negligible	24 officials were taken as POWs; Muskets, swords, and cannons were captured;

The Battle of Colachel (or The Battle of Kolachel) was fought on 10 August 1741 [O.S. 31 July 1741] between the Indian kingdom of Travancore and the Dutch East India Company. During the Travancore-Dutch War, King Marthanda Varma's (1729–1758) forces defeated the Dutch East India Company's forces led by Admiral Eustachius De Lannoy on 10 August 1741. The Dutch never recovered from the defeat and no longer posed a large colonial threat to India. Travancore triumphed in the war thanks to the exceptional military efforts of the Travancore Nair Brigade at sea, along with the leadership of three Nair commanders—Arumukhan Pilla, Nanu Pilla, and Chembaka Raman Pilla—on land.