Qualla: Siege of Negapatam https://qualla.com/siege-of-negapatam en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Siege of Negapatam https://qualla.com/siege-of-negapatam Siege of Negapatam: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-negapatam/ The governor of Negapatam learned he was at war from a rumor. By the summer of 1781, Reynier van Vlissingen, the Dutch administrator of what was then the capital of Dutch Coromandel, discovered that Britain and the Dutch Republic had been fighting the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War for months -- news that had somehow failed to reach him through official channels. Within weeks, a British force of over 4,000 troops arrived by land and sea to take his port. The siege of Negapatam was colonial warfare at its most tangled: two European powers fighting over Indian territory on India's eastern coast, while a third player -- Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore -- shifted alliances based on who offered the better deal.

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/c/b/v/siege-of-negapatam-wp/tcbv-siege-of-negapatam-a-web-of-wars.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Negapatam: The Dutch Governor's Impossible Position https://qualla.com/siege-of-negapatam/ Van Vlissingen's predicament captured the absurdity of colonial power in India. Before learning of the war with Britain, he had been dealing with Hyder Ali's forces raiding villages near Negapatam. When he sent envoys to Hyder's camp at Tanjore to demand compensation, Hyder refus...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/c/b/v/siege-of-negapatam-wp/tcbv-siege-of-negapatam-the-walls-are-breached.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Negapatam: What the Victors Kept https://qualla.com/siege-of-negapatam/ The capitulation was finalized on November 12, 1781, and the garrison surrendered. Britain went on to capture Trincomalee in Ceylon and other Dutch possessions across India. When the wars finally ended in 1784, the British returned everything to the Dutch -- everything except Neg...

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