Battle of Arni
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The Battle of Arni was a 1751 engagement in the Second Carnatic War in which Robert Clive’s forces defeated a larger Franco-Indian army, consolidating British influence in southern India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Arni canonical | 3 |
| Battle of Kaveripak | 1 |
| Battle of Trichinopoly | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T547034 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Arni Context triple: [Siege of Arcot, followedBy, Battle of Arni]
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Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki was a major 1817 engagement near Pune in which British forces decisively defeated the Maratha Empire, helping to bring about the end of Maratha power in India.
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B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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D.
Battle of Palkhed
The Battle of Palkhed was a 1728 conflict in western India in which the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I decisively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad, consolidating Maratha power in the Deccan.
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E.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Arni Target entity description: The Battle of Arni was a 1751 engagement in the Second Carnatic War in which Robert Clive’s forces defeated a larger Franco-Indian army, consolidating British influence in southern India.
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A.
Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki was a major 1817 engagement near Pune in which British forces decisively defeated the Maratha Empire, helping to bring about the end of Maratha power in India.
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B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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D.
Battle of Palkhed
The Battle of Palkhed was a 1728 conflict in western India in which the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I decisively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad, consolidating Maratha power in the Deccan.
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E.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Mysorean forces ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-Indian forces
|
| combatant1 | British East India Company forces ⓘ |
| combatant2 |
French East India Company forces
ⓘ
Indian allies of France ⓘ |
| commander | Robert Clive ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Carnatic War ⓘ |
| consequence |
consolidation of British influence in southern India
ⓘ
weakening of French position in the Carnatic ⓘ |
| date | 3 December 1751 ⓘ |
| describedAs | engagement in the Second Carnatic War ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| follows | Siege of Arcot ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
British East India Company
ⓘ
French East India Company ⓘ Robert Clive ⓘ |
| location |
Arni
ⓘ
India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| outcome | defeat of Franco-Indian army ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Carnatic War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Arcot ⓘ |
| relativeStrength | British forces outnumbered by Franco-Indian army ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | helped secure British dominance in the Carnatic region ⓘ |
| theatre | Carnatic region of southern India ⓘ |
| year | 1751 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Arni Description of subject: The Battle of Arni was a 1751 engagement in the Second Carnatic War in which Robert Clive’s forces defeated a larger Franco-Indian army, consolidating British influence in southern India.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Kaveripak
this entity surface form:
Battle of Trichinopoly