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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.
== Summary ==
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 [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 ==
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|[[Loss of Fort St George]]
|6-19 10 September 1746|-|[[Battle of St Thomé]]|6 November 1746|-|[[Battle of the Governor's House]]|9 December 1746
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|[[Siege of Pondicherry 1748|Siege of Pondicherry]]
[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 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-line ====
*[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 1761Google 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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[[Category:1st Carnatic War| 1st Carnatic War]]
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