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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA50,M1 Google Books - Loss of Calcutta]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta Wikipedia - Black Hole of Calcutta]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata Wikipedia - Kolkata, West Bengal]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA50,M1 Loss of Calcutta] Google Books<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta Black Hole of Calcutta] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal] Wikipedia
 
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Loss of Calcutta 1756
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 20 June 1756
Location: Calcutta
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 22.550293°N 88.339805°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
British East India Company Mughal Empire
Commanders
Governor Roger Drake
Captain Minchen
John Holwell
Siraj-ud-Daula
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography
Roger Drake
John Holwell (1711-98)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)

External Links

Heritage History - Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Loss of Calcutta Google Books
Black Hole of Calcutta Wikipedia
Kolkata, West Bengal Wikipedia