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1751 CE · military conflict

Siege of Arcot

Robert Clive's defence of Arcot became a major episode in the Carnatic Wars and the East India Company's military rise.

1913 illustration representing Robert Clive during the Siege of Arcot
This illustration was published in 1913, more than 160 years after the siege. It is a later historical reconstruction, not contemporary visual evidence. · Credit: Ernest Wallcousins; published in Pioneers in India (1913) · License: Public domain

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Sources and further reading

  1. NCERT — From Trade to Territory

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