What the records say
- When
- Mar 1752
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.69° N, 79.98° E
- Description
- 1752 battle of the Second Carnatic War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Chingleput
Battle of the Second Carnatic War
The Battle of Chingleput was a short siege in early 1752, during the Second Carnatic War. About 700 East India Company recruits and sepoys under the command of Robert Clive captured the fortress of Chingleput, near Madras, defended by a French East India Company garrison of about 40 Europeans and 500 troops.
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