siege, early modern
Siege of Hooghly
Siege of Hooghly was a siege conducted on 24 June 1632 at Hooghly, in what is now India; it lasted 3 months. The recorded result: Mughal victory. Recorded strength: 150,000 men; 90 Elephants; 14,000 Cavalry against 300 Portuguese; 700 Indian converts.
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Record
| Date | 24 June 1632 to 24 September 1632 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Hooghly, India 22.900N, 88.390E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 150,000 men; 90 Elephants; 14,000 Cavalry | 300 Portuguese; 700 Indian converts |
| Casualties and losses | 1,000 killed | 500–1,000 killed; 400 captured; Reportedly 10,000 Europeans and 1,000 Muslims dead; 4,000 captured and only 3 out of 300 vessels escaped |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Chinsurah 1759, same recorded site
- Attack in Hooghly 1671, same recorded site
- Battle of Bedara 1759, same recorded site
- Battle of Chandannagar 1757, 5.0 km S
- Siege of Dannemarksnagore 1707, 6.7 km S
Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1632 and 1759.
Elsewhere in 1632
- Battle of Lützen Germany
- Battle of Rain Germany
- Battle of the Alte Veste Germany
- Siege of Nuremberg Germany
- Battle of Fürth Germany
Siege of Hooghly is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q115805002, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Hooghly, revision 1381467927, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.