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[[Category:Battles|Cutwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Cutwa, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Cutwa, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Bengal Skirmishes]]
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date= 19 July 1763
|date= 19 July 1763
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katwa Katwa, West Bengal]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katwa Katwa, West Bengal]  
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|result= British victory
|result= British victory
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_East_India_Company British East India Company]
|combatant1= British [[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire Mughal Empire]
|combatant2= [[Mughal Empire]]
|commander1= Maj John Adams
|commander1= [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101000134/ Maj Thomas Adams]
|commander2=  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Qasim Mir Kasim]
|commander2=  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Qasim Mir Kasim]
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
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|casualties2=  
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}}
}}
 
'''This was an event during the  [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/4/mode/2up Thomas Adams (?-1764)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Kasim (?-1777)]<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qep1S-V2zm8C&pg=PA149&dq=Major+Adams&ei=NkM0SJC1CY28zATCronMDw&sig=CA5er9XFpdjlSkOKv_iYrpr7UIM Battle of Katwa]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia - 3rd Carnatic War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qep1S-V2zm8C&pg=PA149&dq=Major+Adams&ei=NkM0SJC1CY28zATCronMDw&sig=CA5er9XFpdjlSkOKv_iYrpr7UIM Google Books - Battle of Katwa]

Latest revision as of 08:54, 27 March 2011

Battle of Cutwa
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 19 July 1763
Location: Katwa, West Bengal
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 23.640739°N 88.135891°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British East India Company Mughal Empire
Commanders
Maj Thomas Adams Mir Kasim
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Thomas Adams (?-1764)
Mir Kasim (?-1777)

External Links

Heritage History - Carnatic Wars
Wikipedia - 3rd Carnatic War
Google Books - Battle of Katwa