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The Siege of Trichinopoly in 1660 was a conflict during Chokkanatha Nayak's reign aided by the treacherous general Lingama Nayak, a Bijapuri army led by Shahaji laid siege to the fort with a combined force of 12,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry. The defenders faced challenges from both the besiegers and conspirators within their ranks.
Following the Battle of Ambur in 1749, in which Muhammed's father Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan was slain, Muhammed fled to Trichinopoly. Chanda, assisted by Joseph François Dupleix, had planned to besiege Muhammed there in 1749, but the need for funding and provisions led him to instead besiege Tanjore first, and movements of Chanda's Maratha enemies prompted him to lift that siege and move north ...
Battle of Trichinopoly (1682), the capture of Trichinopoly by Maratha forces under Sambhaji; Siege of Trichinopoly (1741), the siege and capture of Trichinopoly by the Maratha Empire under Raghuji Bhonsle; Siege of Trichinopoly (1743), the siege and capture of Trichinopoly by Nizam of Hyderabad
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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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Clive, who accompanied the force as commissary, was outraged at the decision to abandon the siege. He rode to Cuddalore, and offered his services to lead an attack on Arcot if he was given a captain's commission, arguing this would force Chanda Sahib to either abandon the siege of Trichinopoly or significantly reduce the force there.
The siege of Trichinopoly (14 March 1743 – 29 August 1743) was part of an extended series of conflicts between the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire for control of the Carnatic region. On 29 August 1743, after a six-month siege, Murari Rao surrendered, giving Nizam ul Mulk (Nizam) the suzerainty of Trichinopoly .