Chandernagore remained under military occupation by the British until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which brought an end to the war.

Lying ten miles up the Hooghly River from Calcutta, Chandernagore was the administrative centre of the French East India Company.

British East India Company officer Robert Clive, "determined to eliminate" the Nawab of Bengal, decided to capture Chandernagore as a preliminary step.

The French fortifications at Chandernagore was equipped with only sixteen artillery pieces compared to the force Clive led to attack Chandernagore, which included three Royal Navy ships of the line, the Kent, Tiger, and Salisbury under the command of Charles Watson in addition to Clive's land forces.

[1] Though "the guns of the fort did a great deal of damage", including casualties amounting to 37 killed and 74 wounded on the Tiger, the British attack was successful.