siege, early modern

Siege of Pondicherry

Name: Siege of Pondicherry
Start: 1748-04-29
Location: Pondicherry, India

Siege of Pondicherry was a siege conducted on 29 April 1748 at Pondicherry, in what is now India; it lasted 5 months. It was part of First Carnatic War, which ran from 1746 to 1748. The recorded result: French victory.

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Fought29 April 1748lasted 5 months

WherePondicherry, India11.930N, 79.830E

OutcomeFrench victory

BelligerentsKingdom of Great BritainagainstKingdom of France; 15px French East India Company

Part ofFirst Carnatic War1746 to 1748

Record

Date	29 April 1748 to 30 September 1748
Place	Pondicherry, India 11.930N, 79.830E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Edward Boscawen	Joseph François Dupleix

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Pondicherry 1760, same recorded site
Siege of Pondicherry 1793, same recorded site
Siege of Pondicherry 1778, same recorded site
Siege of Pondicherry 1693, same recorded site
Battle of Pondicherry 1759, 0.5 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1693 and 1793.

Elsewhere in 1748

Siege of Pondicherry is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485992, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Pondicherry (1748), revision 1370744503, 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.