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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html History of War website] | [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html History of War website]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA53,M1 Recapture of Calcutta] | ||
[[Category:Battles|Callcutta 1757, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Callcutta 1757, Battle of]] | ||
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| Recapture of Calcutta 1757 | ||
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| Part of Bengal Skirmishes | ||
| Date: | 2 January 1757 | |
| Location: | Kolkata, West Bengal | |
| 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 | |
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