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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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== 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 ==
[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 1761
