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| [[Category:Battles|Devikottai, Battle of]] | | [[Category:Locations]] |
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| |partof=Carnatic Adventures
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| |date=1749
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| |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srirangam Srirangam, Tamil Nadu]
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| |presidency=[[Madras]]
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| |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.359445,79.828557&z=14&t=h&hl=en approx 11.359445°N 79.828558°E]
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| |result=British victory
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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| |combatant2=French
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| |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stringer_Lawrence Col Stringer Lawrence]
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| |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanda_Sahib Chanda Sahib]
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| |strength1=
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| |casualties1=
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| }}
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OQb_Cn-rScsC&pg=PA41&dq=Devikottai&as_brr=3&ei=wFo9SKj-LIGuywSzv5HXCw&sig=buKnDO5Sh0No8IlQ6oUL-Q3BOaI#PPA41,M1 Google Books - Capture of Devikottai]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016187/ Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eAEyAmYRNNQC&pg=PA168&dq=Srirangam+1751&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=qFedSJeaO5rqiQHk07X7BA&sig=ACfU3U3CE3PDvRiPO2snjbrhyZQUxkKMZA Google Books - Action at Srirangam]
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