battle, early modern

Battle of Vedalai

Name: Battle of Vedalai
Location: Vedalai, India

Battle of Vedalai was a battle fought in 1549 at Vedalai, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Vedalai. The recorded result: Vijayanagara victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 40.

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Fought1549

WhereVedalai, India9.275N, 79.100E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeVijayanagara victory

BelligerentsVijayanagara Empire; Madurai NayakasagainstPortuguese Empire

Record

Date	1549 (year precision)
Place	Vedalai, India 9.275N, 79.100E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	6,000	40

Placed at Vedalai; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Nelliady 1987, 134 km NE
Battle of Seringham 1753, 157 km NW
Siege of Tanjore 1769, 170 km N
Siege of Trichinopoly 1663, 174 km N
Siege of Trichinopoly 1743, 176 km N

Battle of Vedalai is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q133094462, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vedalai, revision 1376377953, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.