3rd Carnatic War

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3rd Carnatic War
1756-63
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Carnatic Region South India
Combatants:
East India Company French
Result: British victory
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Summary

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.

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Loss of Calcutta 20 June 1756
Battle 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 12-25 May 1757
Battle of Plassey 23 June 1757
Loss of Cuddalore 4 May 1758
Loss of Fort St David 2 June 1758
Battle of Condore 9 December 1758
Siege of Madras Dec 1758 - Feb 1759
Battle of Masulipatnam 6 March-7 April 1759
Capture of Chinsura 24 November 1759
Battle of Biddera 25 November 1759
Battle of Wandiwash 2-22 January 1760
Capture of Pondicherry 13 January 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
Battle of Buxar 23 October 1764

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906

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)
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