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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hoohgly&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA#PPA55,M1 Capture of Hooghly] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hoohgly&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA#PPA55,M1 Capture of Hooghly] Google Books | ||
Latest revision as of 14:59, 13 October 2022
| Battle of Hughli | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 3rd Carnatic War Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | 11 January 1757 | |
| Location: | Hugli Chinsura, West Bengal | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 22.889970°N 88.391429°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mughal forces | |
| Commanders | ||
| Col Robert Clive Major Kilpatrick Capt Eyre Coote |
Suraj-ud-Daulah | |
| Strength | ||
| 150 Europeans 200 sepoys |
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| Casualties | ||
This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War
Summary
Following the Recapture of Calcutta Clive sent an expedition against Hughli consisting of a 20 gun frigate under Captain King and three smaller vessels with Capt Eyre Coote leading 150 men of the 39th Regiment of Foot and 200 sepoys. A naval bombardment effected a breach in the walls and the fort was successfully stormed.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Eyre Coote (1726-83)
John Kilpatrick (?-1787)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Hugli Chinsurah
Variants: Hughli/Hooghly
External Links
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Capture of Hooghly Google Books