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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War 1756-63] 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=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA12&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Carnatic%2BCuddalore%2B1756&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false 1758-61 War in the Carnatic] Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War 1756-63] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Suraj ud Dowlah], Nawab of Bengal sought to drive the British out by capturing Calcutta. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive] won a series of victories ending in the defeat of the Nawab at Plassey. Meanwhile the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War Seven Years War] had broken out which caused renewed hostilities between the French and British in the Carnatic. The British under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Coote_(East_India_Company_officer) 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763) Treaty of Paris] effectively ended French ambitions in India.
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[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/6900/6941/6941.htm Anglo-India after Clive's departure] Maps FCIT
