Siege of Calcutta

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battle military siege

The Siege of Calcutta was a 1756 military confrontation in which the Nawab of Bengal’s forces captured the British-held city of Calcutta, setting the stage for subsequent British military campaigns in India.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Calcutta canonical	2
Black Hole of Calcutta controversy	1
Black Hole of Calcutta incident	1
Fall of Calcutta (1756)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Fall of Calcutta (1756)
associatedWith	Black Hole of Calcutta ⓘ
belligerentStrength	large army of the Nawab of Bengal ⓘ small British and allied garrison ⓘ
cause	British fortification of Calcutta without Nawab’s consent ⓘ sheltering of Nawab’s enemies by the British ⓘ tensions between Nawab of Bengal and British East India Company ⓘ
combatant	British East India Company ⓘ British garrison of Fort William ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
commander	John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
conflictType	18th-century military conflict ⓘ Anglo-Indian conflict ⓘ
countryAtTime	Bengal Subah ⓘ surface form: Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire
datePrecision	day ⓘ
endDate	1756-06-20 ⓘ
era	Early modern period ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Plassey ⓘ British military campaigns in Bengal ⓘ recapture of Calcutta by British forces ⓘ
historicalContext	European colonial competition in India ⓘ Mughal successor state politics ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bengal Subah ⓘ
involvedFortification	Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ surface form: Fort William, Calcutta
locatedInPresentDay	India ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Kolkata West Bengal ⓘ
location	Calcutta ⓘ Fort William ⓘ
militaryObjective	seizure of British-held Calcutta ⓘ
notableEvent	fall of Fort William ⓘ
outcome	temporary expulsion of British from Calcutta ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-French rivalry in India ⓘ British expansion in India ⓘ
precededBy	Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah’s march on Calcutta ⓘ
primaryOpponentOf	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: British East India Company authorities in Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ surface form: Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah
relatedTo	Second Carnatic War ⓘ surface form: Seven Years’ War in India
result	Bengali victory ⓘ capture of Calcutta by the Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
significance	helped pave the way for British political dominance in Bengal ⓘ triggered major British military intervention in Bengal ⓘ
startDate	1756-06-16 ⓘ
year	1756 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Plassey → precededBy → Siege of Calcutta ⓘ

Siraj ud-Daulah → associatedWithEvent → Siege of Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Hole of Calcutta controversy

Siege of Calcutta → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Calcutta (1756)

Fort William → significantEvent → Siege of Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Hole of Calcutta incident

John Zephaniah Holwell → participatedIn → Siege of Calcutta ⓘ