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See also {{Battles_Infobox|partof=[[:Category:2nd Carnatic War|2nd Carnatic War]]|date=23 September-14 November 1751 |location= [[Arcot]], Tamil Nadu|presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] |co-ordinates=[List of Battles http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.90686,79.328415&z=13&t=h& Actions in hl=en 12.906860°N 79.328415°E] |result=British victory |territory=|combatant1=[[East India 1600-1900Company]] |combatant2=French|commander1=[[Robert Clive|Captain Robert Clive]]|commander2=[[Chanda Sahib]] |strength1=200 Europeans<br>300 Sepoys |strength2= 150 French<br>10,000 Native troops|casualties1= 45 Europeans killed<br>30 Sepoys killed|casualties2= }}'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>== External Link Synopsis ==Clive with a force of 200 Europeans, 300 Sepoys and 3 guns took Arcot and its fort on 1 September 1751. He was then besieged in the citadel by Chanda Sahib.

== External Links ==[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Life of Robert Lord Clive] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22Siege+of+Arcot%22+Gleig&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=YqaYR8XyBYbWiwGWx6XZCA#PPA35,M1 Siege of Arcot] Google Books<br>[http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=langjohn&book=clive&story=arcot Siege of Arcot] The Baldwin Project website]

==== Historical books on-line ====''The Life of Robert, Lord Clive Vol I'' by [[John Malcolm|Maj-Gen Sir John Malcolm]] 1836 [http://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.orgco.uk/wiki/Robert_Clivebooks?id=lBAIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=The+life+of+Robert,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert +first+lord+Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Occupation and Siege of Arcot] Google Books [[Category:Battles|Arcot, Siege of]][[Category:2nd Carnatic War|Arcot, Siege of]]