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The
gate
was
part
of
the
huge
fort
with
circumference
of
8
kms
built
by
Daud
Khan
Nawab
in
1698
was
later
destroyed
by
Tippu
Sultan
in
1783.
Located
at
Arcot,
a
historical
town
and
was
the
headquarters
of
Nawab
of
Carnatic
dating
back
to
18th
Century
AD,
now
we
can
see
only
few
remains
of
the
old
fort
wall.
Robert
Clive,
after
he
captured
the
fort
from
Chanda
Sahib
in
alliance
with
Muhammed
Ali
Khan
Wallajah,
he
renamed
this
gate
as
“Delhi
Gate”
to
signify
Robert
Clive's
next
move
of
the
company
to
capture
the
Mughal
throne
in
Delhi
and
ultimately
ruling
over
entire
India.
The
51
days
seige
ended
on
15
th
Nov
1751
by
capturing
the
fort
with
just
200
European
soldiers,
300
sepoys,
and
8
officers
(with
no
experience)
opposing
1100
soldiers
(including
French
troupe)
It
is
one
of
a
longest
sieges
which
transformed
him
from
a
clerk
into
one
of
the
fiercest
general
of
East
India
Company.
There
is
a
room
atop
this
gate
which
was
Clive’s
personal
room.
Later,
this
gate
functioned
as
an
entrance
for
the
merchants
from
in
and
around
to
enter
the
town
by
paying
tax
to
britishers.
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