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The British occupation of Serampore also referred to as the English occupation of Serampore ( Danish: Den engelske besættelse af Serampore) was a siege and thereafter a minor military occupation by the United Kingdom on the Danish trading post of Serampore (Frederiksnagore) in 1763.
In 1755 the Danes got permission from Alivardi Khan to establish a trading post at the Hooghly River near Calcutta. [1] The colony of Frederiksnagore was established as a result of this agreement. [1]
In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, wanted the Danes to assist him in the Siege of Calcutta. [2] However, because of bad living conditions, the Danes refused to support the siege, and ud-Daulah thereafter fined the Danes 25,000 Indian rupees. [2] [3] Later in 1757, the English would blockade the Danish vessel King of Denmark from entering Serampore, because of the Danish hospitality to the French. [3]
A more serious incident with the British happened in 1763. [2] [3] Demarchis, the commander of Serampore, took office in 1762 and the British quickly took a hostile view of him. [4] This hostility only grew bigger when some English sepoys were changed with 25 lashes each, because of their assaulting on Danish peons. [3] As a response, a British force surrounded Serampore on 4 April and would besiege it until 15 April when the British could take over. [4] The occupation did not last long though, and already in the same year, the British withdrew the city because of a Danish apology. [2]
As a result, this left Serampore being a rather impoverished colony in the first two decades of its existence. [1] [2] [3] Subsequently, Demarchis would be deposed from his post as commander three years later in 1766 and would return to Copenhagen. [4]
Siege of Serampore | |||||||||
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Unknown | Unknown |
The British occupation of Serampore also referred to as the English occupation of Serampore ( Danish: Den engelske besættelse af Serampore) was a siege and thereafter a minor military occupation by the United Kingdom on the Danish trading post of Serampore (Frederiksnagore) in 1763.
In 1755 the Danes got permission from Alivardi Khan to establish a trading post at the Hooghly River near Calcutta. [1] The colony of Frederiksnagore was established as a result of this agreement. [1]
In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, wanted the Danes to assist him in the Siege of Calcutta. [2] However, because of bad living conditions, the Danes refused to support the siege, and ud-Daulah thereafter fined the Danes 25,000 Indian rupees. [2] [3] Later in 1757, the English would blockade the Danish vessel King of Denmark from entering Serampore, because of the Danish hospitality to the French. [3]
A more serious incident with the British happened in 1763. [2] [3] Demarchis, the commander of Serampore, took office in 1762 and the British quickly took a hostile view of him. [4] This hostility only grew bigger when some English sepoys were changed with 25 lashes each, because of their assaulting on Danish peons. [3] As a response, a British force surrounded Serampore on 4 April and would besiege it until 15 April when the British could take over. [4] The occupation did not last long though, and already in the same year, the British withdrew the city because of a Danish apology. [2]
As a result, this left Serampore being a rather impoverished colony in the first two decades of its existence. [1] [2] [3] Subsequently, Demarchis would be deposed from his post as commander three years later in 1766 and would return to Copenhagen. [4]