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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Chandannagar<br />
| partof = the [[Seven Years' War]]<br />
| image = Capture de Chandernagor en 1757 par la Royal Navy.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = "The Capture of Chandernagore, March 1757" by [[Dominic Serres]] (1771)<br />
| date = 23 March 1757.<br />
| place = [[Chandannagar]], [[Bengal Subah]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.8559|N|88.3800|E|source:wikidata|display=title,inline}}<br />
| territory = <br />
| result = British victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}<br />
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 =<br />
[[File:Pavillon royal de la France.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of France|France]]<br />
* [[File:Drapeau du régiment de la Compagnie des Indes en 1756.png|15px]] [[French East India Company]]<br />
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Colonel [[Robert Clive]]<br />
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Watson]]<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Pavillon royal de la France.svg|20px]] Unknown<br />
| strength1 = East India Company:<br />
* 4 [[Gunboat]]<br />
| strength2 = <br />
* 16 [[cannon]]<br />
| casualties1 = <br />
| casualties2 = <br />
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Seven Years' War: East Indies}}<br />
| alt =<br />
}}<br />
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In 1756 war broke out between [[France]] and Great Britain, and Colonel [[Robert Clive]] of the [[British East India Company]] and Admiral [[Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Watson]] of the [[Royal Navy]] bombarded and captured [[Chandannagar|Chandernagore (Chandannagar)]] on 23 March 1757.<br />
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Lying ten miles up river from Calcutta, Chandernagore was the administrative centre of the [[French East India Company]]. Clive, "determined to eliminate" [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] [[Nawabs of Bengal]], chose the capture of the French Fort d'Orleans and Chandernagore, as a first step. The French had a total of 16 guns against the Watson's ''[[HMS Kent (1746)]]'', ''[[HMS Tiger (1747)]]'', and ''[[HMS Salisbury (1746)]]'', and Clive's land forces. Though "the guns of the fort did a great deal of damage", including 37 killed and 74 wounded on the ''Tiger'', the attack was successful.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=38}}</ref><br />
[[File:Chandannagar, 1757 RCIN 732007.jpg|thumb|Plan of the battle]]<br />
In order to take the Fort d'Orleans guarding the town, '' Kent'' and ''Tiger'' managed to edge up the Hooghly river, although the French had tried to block it with sunken ships, [[boom (navigational barrier)|booms and chains]].<ref name=Naravane/> When they were close to the fort, they opened fire with all guns, but took a great punishment from the French in the process.<br />
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The battle there was one of the many fought between the French and English on the sub-continent during the Seven Years' War. It gave the East India Company effective control of Calcutta and the Bengal hinterland. The French who escaped took shelter with the Nawab, whom Clive shortly afterwards defeated at [[Battle of Plassey|Plassey]]. Britain finished the war as the dominant European power in India, and was well-placed to take advantage of the weakening political and economic power of the Moghul Empire. Chandernagore's capture was the first step in the British driving the French from Bengal.<br />
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The town's fortifications and many houses were demolished thereafter, and Chandannagar's importance as a commercial centre was eclipsed by that of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] just downriver. Chandannagar was restored to the French in 1763, but retaken by the British in 1794 in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. The city was returned to France in 1816, along with a 3 sq mi (7.8 km2) enclave of surrounding territory. It was governed as part of [[French India]] until 1950, under the political control of the governor-general in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]].<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1757]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving France]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving Great Britain]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of the East Indies Campaign (1757–1763)]]<br />
[[Category:1757 in France]]<br />
[[Category:1757 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Third Carnatic War]]<br />
[[Category:Chandannagar]]<br />
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