Clive and Watson now move against Calcutta…

January 1757 CE

Clive and Watson now move against Calcutta on January 2, 1757, and the garrison of five hundred men surrenders after offering a scanty resistance. 

With Calcutta recaptured, the Council is reinstated and a plan of action against the Nawab is prepared.

The fortifications of Fort William are strengthened and a defensive position is prepared in the north-east of the city.

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Calcutta > Kolkata West Bengal India View →

People
Charles Godeheu View → Charles Watson View → Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah View → Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive View → Sirâj-ud-Daulah View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Carnatic, Nawabs of the View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → French Company of the Indies View → Hyderabad, State of View → Bengal, Nawabs of View →

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Colonization of Asia, French View → Colonization of Asia, British View → Carnatic Wars View → Seven Years' War View → Carnatic War, Third View → Chandannagar, Battle of View →

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