Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)
1741 siege and capture of Trichinopoly by the Maratha Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the siege of Trichinopoly in 1741. For the siege in 1741, see Siege of Trichinopoly (1743). For the siege in 1751, see Siege of Trichinopoly (1751–52).
The siege of Trichinopoly took place in early 1741 during an extended series of conflicts between the Nawab of Arcot and the Maratha Confederacy for control over parts of what is now southern India. Raghuji Bhonsle's Maratha Army successfully starved out the town, compelling the surrender of Chanda Sahib on 26 March 1741.
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Siege of Trichinopoly | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Maratha Confederacy • Nagpur | Nawab of Carnatic | ||||||||
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Raghoji I | Chanda Sahib (POW) | ||||||||
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40,000[1]: 54 – 50,000[2] |
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