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{{War|name=1st Carnatic War|dates=1746-48 |image=|combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=French|category=[[:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]] |link1=}}Rivalry between British and French trading interests on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast Coromandel coast were ] was generally peaceful until the outbreak of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession War of Austrian Succession]. The British captured some French ships, the French captured [[Madras]] and the British besieged [[Pondicherry]]. The Treaty of [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.From then on the British and French were strong political powers in India. ==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the following articles{{Battlemap|war=1st Carnatic War |[[Fort St David 1746-48|Fort St David]]|1746-48|-|[[Battle of Negapatam]]|25 June 1746|-|[[Loss of Fort St George]]|link6-10 September 1746|-|[[Battle of St Thomé]]|6 November 1746|-|[[Battle of the Governor's House]]|9 December 1746|-|[[Siege of Pondicherry 1748|Siege of Pondicherry]]|8 August-17 October 1748|} == Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://mapswww.googlearchive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/48/mode/2up Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)]<br>[http://www.coarchive.ukorg/mapsstream/msdictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/79/mode/1up Chanda Sahib (?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689?-1752)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up/ Robert Clive (1725-1774)]<br>[http://www.archive.00046e4a3786b07f1b51a&t=p&z=9}}org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/126/mode/2up Joseph Francis Dupleix (1697-1764)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/240/mode/1up Bertrand de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753)]<br>[Imagehttp:Carnaticwars//www.jpg|thumb|Carnatic Map 1792archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/246/mode/2up Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/300/mode/1up/ Nicholas Morse (1700-1772)]<br>

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia - 1st Carnatic War 1744-48]Wikipedia<br>[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=MS_jrForJOoC&pg=PA22&dq=Carnatic+War&as_brr=3&cd=7#v=onepage&q=Carnatic%20War&f=false Second Carnatic War (1749-54) - Summary] Google Books ==== Historical Books on- Carnatic Warsline ====*[http://www.google.com/books?id=DRANAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_slider_thumb#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''An Account of the War in India: between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel''] by Richard Owen Cambridge 1761 Google Books*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CkDPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan from the year 1745 Volume 1''] by Robert Orme. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CkDPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Index]. An 1861 reprint of the 4th edition 1803. First published 1763. Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=CkDPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 The War of Coromandel] to 1752 commences page 35. ''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). {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} 

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