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Chanda Sahib

Mughal governor

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opposition to Clive

In Robert Clive: First years in India
In 1751 Chanda Sahib, an ally of the French, was besieging his British-connected rival, Muḥammad ʿAlī, in the fortress of Trichinopoly (now Tiruchchirappalli). Clive offered to lead a diversion against Chanda’s base at Arcot. With 200 Europeans and 300 Indians, he seized Arcot on August 31 and…
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support by Dupleix

In India: The Anglo-French struggle, 1740–63
…claimant to the Carnatic nawabship, Chanda Sahib. Dupleix’s reward for success would be the means of ruining the British trade in southern India and gaining an indefinite influence over the affairs of the whole Deccan. At first fortune favored him. The Carnatic nawab was killed in the Battle of Ambur…
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