3rd Carnatic War
| 3rd Carnatic War | |
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| 1756-63 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Carnatic Region South India | |
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| East India Company | French |
| Result: British victory | |
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Contents
Summary
Suraj-ud-Daulah, 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.
Related articles
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Comte d'Aché (1716-75)
Thomas Adams (?-1764)
Marquis de Bussy (1718-1785)
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)
George Pocock (1706-1792)
Shuja-ud-Daulah (1731-75)
Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)
Charles Steevens (1705-61)
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
British campaign in Bengal 1757 www.kronoskaf.com
Operations in the Carnatic 1757 www.kronoskaf.com
French operations Coromandel Coast 1758 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations in the Deccan 1758 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations on the Malabar Coast 1759 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations on the Coromandel Coast 1759 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations in Bengal 1760 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations on the Coromandel Coast 1760 www.kronoskaf.com
British operations in Bengal 1761 www.kronoskaf.com
Anglo-India after Clive's departure Maps FCIT
Maps
- Maps: Second and Third Carnatic Wars (1749-54; 1757-63). George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
Historical books online
- A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan from the year 1745, Volume 2 [1756 to 1761] by Robert Orme. Index to 1st Section, 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 Google Books edition is not usable).
- A Description of Vellore Fort 1761 and A drawn Plan of Vellore 1761. George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
- 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. Archive.org version Public Library of India Collection.
- 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 Volume II(Volume I)
- Memoirs of the revolution in Bengal, Anno. Dom. 1757 by William Watts 1760 Google Books
- 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 Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 Google Books
- A short history of English transactions in the East-Indies 1776 Google Books(This book appears to relate mainly to the period 1764-1766)
- 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
- 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 Archive.org
- 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. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Archive.org.
- Fiction: In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang . Also published with the title 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.
