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{{War|name=1st Carnatic War|dates=1746-48 |image=Carnaticwars.jpg|thumb|Carnatic Map 1792 |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_region Carnatic Region] South India |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=French |result= Return to ''status quo ante bellum''|category=[[:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]] |link1=}}
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Rivalry between British and French trading interests on the Coromandel coast were generally peaceful until the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession. The British captured some French ships, the French captured [[Madras]] and the British besieged [[Pondicherry]]. The Treaty of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748) Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ] ended the war in Europe and Madras was returned to the British.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
