Battle of Chinsurah

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The Battle of Chinsurah was an 18th-century military engagement in Bengal in which Dutch forces clashed with the British East India Company, marking a key moment in the decline of Dutch influence in the region.

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Battle of Chinsurah canonical 2
Dutch garrison at Chinsurah 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bedara ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Biderra

Battle of Biderra ⓘ
armedForcesInvolved Bengali sepoys ⓘ
British East India Company army ⓘ
Dutch colonial forces ⓘ
associatedWith Seven Years' War in India ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal (allied with British) ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal
combatantStrengthBritish approximately 300–400 European troops and several thousand sepoys ⓘ
combatantStrengthDutch approximately 700–800 European and Asian troops ⓘ
commander Francis Forde ⓘ
Karel Frederik van der Dussen ⓘ
Mir Jafar ⓘ
conflictIn Hooghly district ⓘ
conflictType colonial battle ⓘ
consequence consolidation of British power in Bengal ⓘ
decline of Dutch military influence in Bengal ⓘ
end of Dutch East India Company ambitions to dominate Bengal ⓘ
coordinateRegion near Hooghly River ⓘ
countryAtTime Bengal Subah ⓘ
date 1759-11-25 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
period of British–Dutch rivalry in Asia ⓘ
followedBy further British expansion in India ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked a key moment in the decline of Dutch influence in Bengal ⓘ
strengthened British East India Company supremacy in Bengal ⓘ
location Bengal ⓘ
Chinsurah ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
objectiveBritish to prevent Dutch reinforcement and maintain control of Bengal ⓘ
objectiveDutch to challenge British dominance in Bengal trade ⓘ
outcome decisive British victory ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Dutch conflicts in India ⓘ
European colonial rivalries in India ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Plassey ⓘ
relatedTo British Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Presidency

Dutch Bengal ⓘ
history of Chinsurah ⓘ
result British East India Company victory ⓘ
supportedBy Bengali forces loyal to Mir Jafar (for British) ⓘ
Dutch garrison at Chinsurah ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Chinsurah
theatreOfWar Bengal theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
year 1759 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch Bengal → notableEvent → Battle of Chinsurah ⓘ
Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan → participantIn → Battle of Chinsurah ⓘ
Battle of Chinsurah → supportedBy → Dutch garrison at Chinsurah ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Chinsurah