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== Biographies == | |||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive (1725-74)]<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/410/mode/1up Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War]<br> | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War]<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA53,M1 Google Books - Recapture of Calcutta]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata Wikipedia - Kolkata, West Bengal] | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA53,M1 Google Books - Recapture of Calcutta]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata Wikipedia - Kolkata, West Bengal] | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 2 January 2010
| Recapture of Calcutta 1757 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 3rd Carnatic War Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | 2 January 1757 | |
| Location: | Calcutta | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 22.550293°N 88.339805°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British East India Company | Mughal Empire | |
| Commanders | ||
| Col Robert Clive | Siraj-ud-Daula | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)
External Links
Heritage History - Carnatic Wars
Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War
Google Books - Recapture of Calcutta
Wikipedia - Kolkata, West Bengal