Key facts

Year	1671	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	Early modern (1500–1799)	derived from year
Location	India	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Asia	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Dano-Mughal War	Wikidata P361
Participants	Bengal Subah, Danish India	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	22.9000, 88.3900	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Attack in Hooghly (Danish; Angrebet i Hooghly) was a Danish attack on two Bengali ships during the Dano-Mughal War in 1671. The Danes succeeded in blowing up the Bengali ships, and violence continued off the coasts of Kalingapatnam and Balasore.

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