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'''This was an event during the  [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== British Forces ==
== British Forces ==
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]]  
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]]  
*2nd Bengal Native Battalion
*[[2nd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Battalion]]
*3rd Bengal Native Battalion
*[[3rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry|3rd Bengal Native Battalion]]
*5th Bengal Native Battalion
*[[5th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry|5th Bengal Native Battalion]]
== Biographies ==
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>

Latest revision as of 18:50, 8 December 2010

Attack on Patna
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
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

British Forces

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)