3rd Carnatic War

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Summary

3rd Carnatic War
1756-63
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Carnatic Region South India
Combatants:
East India Company French
Result: British victory
Medals:
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Suraj ud Dowlah, Nawab of Bengal sought to drive the British out by capturing Calcutta. Robert Clive won a series of victories ending in the defeat of the Nawab at Plassey. Meanwhile the Seven Years War had broken out which caused renewed hostilities between the French and British in the 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 Treaty of Paris effectively ended French ambitions in India.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Thomas Adams (?-1764)
John Caillaud (1724-1812)
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Eyre Coote (1726-83)
Roger Drake
William Draper (1721-87)
Francis Forde (?-1770)
John Holwell (1711-98)
John Kilpatrick (?-1787)
Comte de Lally (1700-66)
Mir Jafar (1691-1765)
Mir Kasim (?-1777)
Hector Munro (1726-1805)
Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)
Charles Watson (1714-57)

External Links

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
1758-61 War in the Carnatic Google Books
3rd Carnatic War 1756-63 Wikipedia
Anglo-India after Clive's departure Maps FCIT