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[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Gheria, Battle of]]
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|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.167566,88.271581&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 24.167566°N 88.271581°E]
|result= British victorytemporary seizure of the city
|territory=
|combatant1= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_East_India_Company British East India Company]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire Mughal Empire]
|commander1= [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101000134/Maj Thomas Adams]William Ellis, Company Agent<br>Capt Peter Carstairs, Bengal European Regiment
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Qasim Mir Kasim]
|strength1= 30 European troops<br>2,500 Native troops
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
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== British Forces ==
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]]
*2nd Bengal Native Battalion
*3rd Bengal Native Battalion
*5th Bengal Native Battalion
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Kasim (????-1777)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA16&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Patna%2BCrisis%2B1762&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false The Patna Crisis] Google Books<br>
[http://www.indianetzone.com/34/patna_crisis_1762-1763_british_india.htm Patna Crisis] indianetzone.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hk5hmqFKkKoC&pg=PA139&dq=Amyatt%2BHay%2BElis%2BVansittart%2BPatna&as_brr=3&cd=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false Attack on Patna] Google Books<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbengale00innerich#page/138/mode/2up/search/Patna Seizure of Patna] archive.org
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=67gRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+Narrative+of+the+Transactions+in+Bengal+from+1760+to+1764&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal from 1760 to 1764''] by Henry Vansittart 1766 (Google Books)<br>
[[Category:Patna Crisis|Patna, Attack on]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Patna, Attack on]]
