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{{War|name=3rd Carnatic War|dates=1756-63 |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=British victory |medal=|category=[[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]] |link1=}}
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== Summary ==[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Suraj -ud Dowlah-Daulah]], Nawab of Bengal sought to drive the British out by capturing [[Calcutta]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive [Robert Clive]] won a series of victories ending in the defeat of the Nawab at Plassey. Meanwhile the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War Seven Years War] had broken out which caused renewed hostilities between the French and British in the Carnatic. The British under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Coote_(East_India_Company_officer) Carnatic_region#Sub-divisions_of_Carnatic Carnatic]. The British under [[Eyre Coote]] finally defeated the French. War broke out again in Bengal after a conspiracy by the Dutch but the British eventually prevailed with a final victory at Buxar. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763) Treaty of Paris] effectively ended French ambitions in India. ==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the following articles<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">{||[[Surrender of Kossimbazar]]|4 June 1756|-|[[Loss of Calcutta 1756|Loss of Calcutta]]|20 June 1756|-|[[Recapture of Calcutta 1757|Recapture of Calcutta]]|2 January 1757|-|[[Battle of Hughli]]|11 January 1757|-|[[Battle of Chitpur]]|5 February 1757|-|[[Siege of Chandernagore]]|23 March 1757|-|[[Action at Trichinopoly 1757|Action at Trichinopoly]]|12-25 May 1757|-|[[Battle of Plassey]]|23 June 1757|-|[[Action off Cuddalore]]|29 April 1758|-|[[Loss of Cuddalore 1758|Loss of Cuddalore]]|4 May 1758|-|[[Loss of Fort St David]]|2 June 1758|-|[[Action off Negapatam]]|3 August 1758|-|[[Battle of Condore]]|9 December 1758|-|[[Siege of Madras]]|14 Dec 1758 - 17 Feb 1759|-|[[Battle of Masulipatnam]]|6 March - 7 April 1759|-|[[Action off Pondicherry]]|10 September 1759|-|[[Action off Melancholy Point]]|24 November 1759|-|[[Action at Chandernagore]]|24 November 1759|-|[[Battle of Biddera]]|25 November 1759|-|[[Capture of Wandiwash]]|29 November 1759|-|[[Capture of Carangoly]]|10 December 1759|-|[[Battle of Wandiwash]]|2-22 January 1760|-|[[Capture of Villenore]]|21 July 1760|-|[[Siege of Pondicherry 1761|Siege of Pondicherry]]|4 Sep 1760-16 Jan 1761|-|[[Capture of Vellore]]|26 December 1761|-|[[Patna Crisis]]|1762-63|-|[[Attack on Patna]]|24 June 1763|-|[[Battle of Manjee]]|1 July 1763|-|[[Battle of Cutwa]]|19 July 1763|-|[[Battle of Gheria]]|2 August 1763|-|[[Battle of Undwah Nala]]|5 September 1763|-|[[Madura|Sieges of Madura]]|1763-1764|-|[[Battle of Buxar]]|23 October 1764|}</div> == External Links Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/104/mode/2up Comte d'Aché (1716-75)]<br> [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/4/mode/1up Thomas Adams (?-1764)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/64/mode/2up/search/Bussy Marquis de Bussy (1718-1785)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/65/mode/1up John Caillaud (1724-1812)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive (1725-74)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/92/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-83)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/123/mode/1up Roger Drake]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/123/mode/1up William Draper (1721-87)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/150/mode/1up Francis Forde (?-1770)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/205/mode/1up John Holwell (1711-98)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/236/mode/2up John Kilpatrick (?-1787)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Comte de Lally (1700-66)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Jafar (1691-1765)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/292/mode/1up Mir Kasim (?-1777)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br>[http://enwww.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/338/mode/1up/search/Pocock George Pocock (1706-1792)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/388/mode/1up Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/1up/search/Smith Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/400/mode/2up Charles Steevens (1705-61)]<br>[http://www.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/410/mode/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War 17561up Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-6357)] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/442/mode/1up Charles Watson (1714-57)]</div> == External links ==[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA12&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Carnatic%2BCuddalore%2B1756&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false 1758-61 War in the Carnatic] Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War 1756-63] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1757_-_British_campaign_in_Bengal British campaign in Bengal 1757] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1757_-_Operations_in_Carnatic Operations in the Carnatic 1757] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758_-_French_operations_on_the_coast_of_Coromandel French operations Coromandel Coast 1758] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758_-_British_operations_in_Deccan British operations in the Deccan 1758] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1759_-_British_operations_on_the_Malabar_Coast British operations on the Malabar Coast 1759] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1759_-_British_operations_on_the_coast_of_Coromandel British operations on the Coromandel Coast 1759] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1760_-_British_operations_in_Bengal British operations in Bengal 1760] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1760_-_British_operations_on_the_coast_of_Coromandel British operations on the Coromandel Coast 1760] www.kronoskaf.com<br>[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1761_-_British_operations_in_Bengal British operations in Bengal 1761] www.kronoskaf.com<br>
[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/6900/6941/6941.htm Anglo-India after Clive's departure] Maps FCIT
====Maps====
*[https://militarymaps.rct.uk/other-18th19th-century-conflicts/second-and-third-carnatic-wars-1749-54-1757-63 Maps: Second and Third Carnatic Wars (1749-54; 1757-63)]. George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
===Historical books online===
*[http://archive.org/stream/historyofmilitar02ormeuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan from the year 1745, Volume 2'' [1756 to 1761<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Robert Orme. [http://archive.org/stream/historyofmilitar02ormeuoft#page/n371/mode/2up Index to 1st Section], [http://archive.org/stream/historyofmilitar02ormeuoft#page/n763/mode/2up Index to 2nd Section]. An 1861 reprint of the 4th edition 1803. Volume 2 was first published 1778. archive.org
:''Volume 3 A collection of maps and plans to accompany the History ...'' is available at the [[British Library]]. (The [http://books.google.com/books?id=ShjPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books] edition is not usable).
*[https://militarymaps.rct.uk/other-18th-19th-century-conflicts/vellore-1761-a-description-of-vellore-fort-the ''A Description of Vellore Fort 1761''] and [https://militarymaps.rct.uk/other-18th-19th-century-conflicts/vellore-1761-vellore-a-drawn-plan-of-vellore A drawn Plan of Vellore 1761]. George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pdkLC95UfsC&pg=PR1 ''A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.''] by Edward Ives, formerly Surgeon of Admiral Watson’s Ship, and of His Majesty’s Hospital in the East Indies 1773 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.502897 Archive.org version] Public Library of India Collection.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pLA2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP11 ''A Voyage to the East Indies Volume 2: The History of the War with the French from 1754 to the Conclusion of the General Peace in 1763''] by John Henry Grose 1772 Google Books. Archive.org version may have extra illustrations [https://archive.org/details/voyagetoeastindi02grosiala Volume II]([https://archive.org/details/voyagetoeastindi01gros Volume I])
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=IW8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR5 ''Memoirs of the revolution in Bengal, Anno. Dom. 1757''] by William Watts 1760 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jQUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Original papers relative to the disturbances in Bengal: containing every material transaction from 1759 to 1764, Volume 1''] by Henry Vansittart 1765 Google Books
*''A narrative of the transactions in Bengal, from the year 1760, to the year 1764: during the government of Mr. Henry Vansittart'' by Henry Vansittart 1766 [http://books.google.com/books?id=67gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=FLURAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=SLURAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 3] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gDoNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A short history of English transactions in the East-Indies''] 1776 Google Books(This book appears to relate mainly to the period 1764-1766)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MnUIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Transactions in India, from the commencement of the French War in seventeen hundred and fifty-six, to the conclusion of the late peace, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three: Containing a history of the British interests in Indostan, during a period of near thirty years; distinguished by two wars with France, several revolutions and treaties of alliance, the acquisition of an extensive territory, and the administration of Governor Hastings''] by John Moir 1786 Google Books
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1470 ''The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan''] by H. G. Keene. A New Edition, with Corrections and Additions.1887. Gutenberg.org. Covers the period 1759-1803. The same file is also available on [https://archive.org/details/fallofthemoghule01470gut Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/threefrenchmenin00hill ''Three Frenchmen in Bengal; or, The commercial ruin of the French settlements in 1757''] by S C Hill, Officer in charge of the Records of the Government of India. 1903. Archive.org
:''The Indian Records Series: Bengal in 1756-1757: a selection of public and private papers dealing with the affairs of the British in Bengal during the reign of Siraj-Uddaula. Edited, with notes and an historical introduction'', by S. C. Hill, late Officer in charge of the Records of the Government of India 1905. [https://archive.org/details/bengalin175657se01hilluoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/bengalin175657se02hilluoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/bengalin175657se03hilluoft Volume III] Archive.org.
*Fiction: [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16382 ''In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang . Also published with the title [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41489 ''One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang 1938 reprint, first published 1906. gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
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