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Capture of Serampore

8 May 1801 · 22.75° N, 88.34° E

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8 May 1801
Kind
Treaty
Coordinates
22.75° N, 88.34° E
Description
1801 capture of a Danish colony in India

Capture of Serampore (1801)

1801 capture of a Danish colony in India

The Capture of Serampore, alternatively the Capture of Frederiknagore, was a British capture of the Danish colony of Serampore on 8 May 1801 during the English Wars. The British met no resistance, and could subsequently quickly capture the settlement.

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