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| Battle of Chingleput | |||||||
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| Part of theSecond Carnatic War | |||||||
 View of Chingleput Fort in 1913 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British East India Company Nawab of Arcot |  French East India Company | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Robert Clive | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200 European recruits 500 sepoys | 40 Europeans 500 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
TheBattle of Chingleput was a short siege in early 1752, during theSecond Carnatic War. About 700East India Company recruits and sepoys under the command ofRobert Clive captured the fortress ofChingleput, nearMadras, defended by aFrench East India Company garrison of about 40 Europeans and 500 troops.
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