Battle of Padmanabham

Battle of Padmanabham
Part of Expansion of the East India Company
Date10 July 1794
Location
Padmanabham (now Visakhapatnam district)
Result Vizianagaram estate comes under Company rule
Belligerents
Vizianagaram estate East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Vijayram Raj II Colonel Pendargast
Casualties and losses
Severe loss of soldiers, including a Chinna Vijayaramaraju.

The Battle of Padmanabha took place in Padmanabham, Visakhapatnam district (modern Andhra Pradesh, India), on 10 July 1794. This was a battle between King of Vizianagaram led by Vijayram Raj II and East India Company Madras Presidency Forces led by Colonel Pendargast under the command of British Governor of Madras, Sir Charles Oakly. The British emerged victoriously and the King was shot dead in the middle of battle.

As a consequence of the war, Vizianagaram was occupied by East India Company and became a tributary estate or Zamindari.

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