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[[Category:Battles|Hugli, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Hugli, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[Bengal Skirmishes]]
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date=11 January 1757  
|date=11 January 1757  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugli-Chinsura Hugli Chinsura, West Bengal]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugli-Chinsura Hugli Chinsura, West Bengal]  
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Mughal forces
|combatant2=Mughal forces
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Col Robert Clive]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006243/ Capt Eyre Coote]<br>Major Kilpatrick
|commander1=[[Robert Clive|Col Robert Clive]]<br>Major Kilpatrick<br>[[Eyre Coote|Capt Eyre Coote]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Suraj ud Daulah]
|commander2= [[Suraj-ud-Daulah]]
|strength1=  
|strength1= 150 Europeans<br>200 sepoys
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=   
|casualties1=   
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
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'''This was an event during the  [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
Following the [[Recapture of Calcutta 1757|Recapture of Calcutta]] Clive sent an expedition against Hughli consisting of  a 20 gun frigate under Captain King and three smaller vessels with Capt Eyre Coote leading 150 men of the [[39th Regiment of Foot]] and 200 sepoys. A naval bombardment effected a breach in the walls and the fort was successfully stormed.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive (1725-74)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/92/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-83)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/236/mode/1up John Kilpatrick (?-1787)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/410/mode/1up Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)]<br>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Hugli Chinsurah<br>
Variants: Hughli/Hooghly<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Google Books - Capture of Hooghly]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[[Category:Battles|Hugli, Battle of]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hoohgly&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA#PPA55,M1 Capture of Hooghly] Google Books

Latest revision as of 14:59, 13 October 2022

Battle of Hughli
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 11 January 1757
Location: Hugli Chinsura, West Bengal
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 22.889970°N 88.391429°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Mughal forces
Commanders
Col Robert Clive
Major Kilpatrick
Capt Eyre Coote
Suraj-ud-Daulah
Strength
150 Europeans
200 sepoys
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Summary

Following the Recapture of Calcutta Clive sent an expedition against Hughli consisting of a 20 gun frigate under Captain King and three smaller vessels with Capt Eyre Coote leading 150 men of the 39th Regiment of Foot and 200 sepoys. A naval bombardment effected a breach in the walls and the fort was successfully stormed.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Eyre Coote (1726-83)
John Kilpatrick (?-1787)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Hugli Chinsurah
Variants: Hughli/Hooghly

External Links

3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Capture of Hooghly Google Books