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“Surrender at Srirangam and death of Chanda Sahib.” Hindu History, 2026, https://www.hinduhistory.in/battles/surrender-at-srirangam-1752/. Accessed .
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Hindu History. (2026). Surrender at Srirangam and death of Chanda Sahib. Retrieved , from https://www.hinduhistory.in/battles/surrender-at-srirangam-1752/
Law surrendered with his French troops in June 1752; Chanda Sahib, who had given himself up to the Thanjavur general Manaji, was beheaded in his camp.
01Shut in on the island
In April 1752 Stringer Lawrence and Clive broke through to Trichinopoly with a relief force. Jacques Law, commanding the French, gave up the siege and withdrew across the Kaveri onto Srirangam, the island between the Kaveri and the Kollidam where the great temple of Sri Ranganatha stands. Clive crossed the Kollidam to the north and took Samayapuram, cutting the island off. A French relief column under d’Auteuil was turned back and then forced to surrender at Volconda.
02The end of Chanda Sahib
With food running out, Chanda Sahib sought safe passage from Manaji, general of the Maratha raja of Thanjavur, and went over to his camp. Manaji held him, and on 12 June 1752 he was beheaded; his head was sent to Muhammad Ali. The next day Law surrendered with his French troops and sepoys.
Muhammad Ali’s claim to the Carnatic was made good, and Dupleix’s plan to rule the south through his own nawab collapsed.
