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Attack on Patna
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Attack on Patna | ||
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Part of 3rd Carnatic War Seven Years War | ||
Date: | 24 June 1763 | |
Location: | Patna, Bihar | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | approx 24.167566°N 88.271581°E | |
Result: | temporary seizure of the city | |
Combatants | ||
British East India Company | Mughal Empire | |
Commanders | ||
William Ellis, Company Agent Capt Peter Carstairs, Bengal European Regiment |
Mir Kasim | |
Strength | ||
300 European troops 2,500 Native troops |
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Casualties | ||
This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War
British Forces
- Bengal European Regiment
- 2nd Bengal Native Battalion
- 3rd Bengal Native Battalion
- 5th Bengal Native Battalion
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Mir Kasim (????-1777)
External Links
The Patna Crisis Google Books
Patna Crisis indianetzone.com
Attack on Patna Google Books
Seizure of Patna archive.org
Historical Books on-line
A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal from 1760 to 1764 by Henry Vansittart 1766 (Google Books)
The Diaries of Three Surgeons of Patna 1763 edited by Walter K Firminger 1909 (archive.org)