siege, early modern

Siege of Trichinopoly

Name: Siege of Trichinopoly
Location: Tiruchirappalli, India

Siege of Trichinopoly was a siege conducted in July 1751 at Tiruchirappalli, in what is now India; it ran into the following year. The recorded result: British-Maratha Allied Victory.

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FoughtJuly 1751ran into the following year

WhereTiruchirappalli, India10.827N, 78.693E

OutcomeBritish-Maratha Allied Victory

Belligerents22px|border France; 15px French East India Company; Nawab of ArcotagainstKingdom of Great Britain; East India Company; border|25px Maratha Empire; border|22px Thanjavur Marathas; Kingdom of Mysore; Rival claimants: Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah

Record

Date	July 1751 (month precision) to 10 April 1752
Place	Tiruchirappalli, India 10.827N, 78.693E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Chanda Sahib Siege of Arcot Joseph François Dupleix	Stringer Lawrence Robert Clive Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah Murari Rao

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 Trichinopoly 1741, same recorded site
Siege of Trichinopoly 1743, 2.6 km S
Siege of Trichinopoly 1663, 4.3 km S
Battle of Kannanur 1342, 11 km NE
Battle of Seringham 1753, 46 km SW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1663 and 1751.

Elsewhere in 1751

Siege of Trichinopoly 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 Q7510467, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Trichinopoly (1751–1752), revision 1370746036, 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.