Siege of Hooghly

Siege of Hooghly (1632)
	Part of Mughal–Portuguese conflicts
	; Siege of Hoogly, Mughal depiction
Date	24 June – 24 September 1632
Location	Hugli-Chuchura, West Bengal
Result	Mughal victory
Belligerents
Mughal Empire	Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Qasim Khan Juvayni	Manuel de Azevedo
Strength
150,000 men; 90 Elephants; 14,000 Cavalry;	300 Portuguese; 700 Indian converts; 300 ships;
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed	1,000 killed; 4,000 enslaved; All ships but 3 captured;

The siege of Hooghly was a military engagement between the Mughal Army and the Portuguese garrison of Fort Hooghly, the result was the capture of the fort and expulsion of the Portuguese.

^ Alexander Mikaberidze, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol.1, p. 455 [1]

[1] Alexander Mikaberidze, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol.1, p. 455 [1]

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Siege of Hooghly

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