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Loss of Calcutta 1756

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|combatant1= British East India Company
|combatant2=Mughal Empire
|commander1=Governor Roger Drake<br>Captain Minchen<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zephaniah_Holwell John Holwell]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Siraj-ud-Daula]
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== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/122/mode/2up Roger Drake]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/205/mode/1up John Holwell 91711-980]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/388/mode/1up Shuja-ud-Daulah 91731-750]<br>
== 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://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]

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