O que dizem os registros
- Quando
- 20 de jun. de 1756
- Tipo
- Cerco
- Coordenadas
- 22.54° N, 88.34° E
- Description
- 1756 battle between the armies Britain and the Nawab of Bengal in the 18th century
Siege of Calcutta
1756 siege during the Seven Years' War
The siege of Calcutta was a battle between the Bengal Subah and the British East India Company on 20 June 1756. The Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, aimed to seize Calcutta to punish the company for the unauthorised construction of fortifications at Fort William. Siraj ud-Daulah caught the Company unprepared and won a decisive victory.
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2 fontes o registram
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “осада Калькутты”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
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