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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=}} | {{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 | 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 [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 == | == Biographies == | ||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | ||
Revision as of 14:47, 27 February 2010
Summary
| 1st Carnatic War | |
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| 1746-48 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Carnatic Region South India | |
| Combatants: | |
| East India Company | French |
| Result: Return to status quo ante bellum | |
| Medals: | |
| Links: | |
| Category: 1st Carnatic War | |
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See our interactive map of 1st Carnatic War 1746-48 locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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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 Aix-La-Chapelle ended the war in Europe and Madras was returned to the British.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)
Chanda Sahib (??-1752)
Joseph Francis Dupleix (1697-1764)
Bertrand de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753)
Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775)
External Links
1st Carnatic War 1744-48 Wikipedia
Carnatic Wars Heritage History
Historical Books on-line
An Account of the War in India: between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel by Richard Owen Cambridge 1761