Battle of Chandannagar

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The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.

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Battle of Chandannagar canonical 2
Siege of Chandannagar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Chandannagar ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
French East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
combatant British land forces ⓘ
British naval forces ⓘ
French garrison at Chandannagar ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
consequence French loss of a major trading post in Bengal ⓘ
strengthening of British East India Company position in Bengal ⓘ
countryAtTime Mughal Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Subah
date 1757 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Plassey ⓘ
historicalContext European colonial rivalry in India ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial India ⓘ
involved artillery fire on river fortifications ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ
siege operations ⓘ
location Bengal ⓘ
Chandannagar ⓘ
India ⓘ
outcome capture of Chandannagar by the British ⓘ
partOf Anglo-French conflicts in India ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
placeType riverine engagement ⓘ
precededBy early British–French clashes in Bengal ⓘ
region Bengal Subah ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance contributed to British control in eastern India during the Seven Years' War ⓘ
helped secure British dominance in Bengal ⓘ
weakened French influence in Bengal ⓘ
strategicObjective eliminate French base in Bengal ⓘ
secure British trade interests in Bengal ⓘ
target French-held settlement of Chandannagar ⓘ
theatre Indian theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Second Carnatic War
tookPlaceOn Hooghly River ⓘ
year 1757 ⓘ

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Robert Clive → battle → Battle of Chandannagar ⓘ
Battle of Chandannagar → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Chandannagar ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Chandannagar
Seven Years' War in India → significantBattle → Battle of Chandannagar ⓘ