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{{War|name=1st Carnatic War|dates=1746-48 |image=CarnaticwarsRivalry between British and French trading interests on the [http://en.wikipedia.jpg|thumb|Carnatic Map 1792 |location= org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast Coromandel coast] was generally peaceful until the outbreak of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_region Carnatic RegionWar_of_the_Austrian_Succession War of Austrian Succession] South India |combatant1=. The British captured some French ships, the French captured [[East India CompanyMadras]] |combatant2=French |result= Return to status quo ante bellum|category=and the British besieged [[Pondicherry]]. The [http:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748) Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]] |link1=}}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.
Rivalry between British and French trading interests on ==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the Coromandel coast were generally peaceful until the outbreak following articles{||[[Fort St David 1746-48|Fort St David]]|1746-48|-|[[Battle of the War Negapatam]]|25 June 1746|-|[[Loss of Austrian Succession. The British captured some French ships, the French captured Fort St George]]|6-10 September 1746|-|[[MadrasBattle of St Thomé]] and |6 November 1746|-|[[Battle of the British besieged Governor's House]]|9 December 1746|-|[[Siege of Pondicherry 1748|Siege of Pondicherry]]. The Treaty of Treaty of Aix-La|8 August-Chapelle ended the war in Europe and Madras was returned to the British.17 October 1748|}
{{Battlemap|war== Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/48/mode/2up Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/79/mode/1up Chanda Sahib (??-1752)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up/ Robert Clive (1725-1774)]<br>[http://www.archive.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>[http://www.archive.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> == External Links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 1st Carnatic War 17461744-48|link] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://mapsbooks.google.co.uk/mapsbooks?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-line ====*[http://www.google.com/msbooks?ieid=DRANAAAAYAAJ&printsec=UTF8frontcover&hlsource=gbs_slider_thumb#v=enonepage&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&msapg=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=0CkDPAAAAMAAJ&msidpg=101241150585833319689PR1 Index].00046e4a3786b07f1b51aAn 1861 reprint of the 4th edition 1803. First published 1763. Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=CkDPAAAAMAAJ&tpg=pPA35 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&zprintsec=9}}frontcover Google Books] edition is not usable).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia - 1st Carnatic War 1744-48]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]
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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=}}
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The '''1st Carnatic War''' was the reflection, on the Indian subcontinent, of the hostilities between the British and the French during the '''War of Austrian Succession''' in Europe.
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[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Carnatic War, 1st]]
[[Category:1st Carnatic War| 1st Carnatic War]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Carnatic War, 1st]]
