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3rd Carnatic War

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== Summary ==
{{War|name=3rd Carnatic War|dates=1756-63 |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=British victory |medal=|category=[[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]] |link1=}}
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== Summary ==
[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.
 
==Related articles ==
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
{|
|[[Loss of Calcutta 1756|Loss of Calcutta]]
|20 June 1756
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|[[Battle of Calcutta 1757|Battle of Calcutta]]
|2 January 1757
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|[[Battle of Hughli]]
|11 January 1757
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|[[Battle of Chitpur]]
|5 February 1757
|-
|[[Siege of Chandernagore]]
|23 March 1757
|-
|[[Battle of Plassey]]
|23 June 1757
|-
|[[Battle of Trichinopoly 1758|Battle of Trichinopoly]]
|1758
|-
|[[Loss of Fort St David]]
|2 June 1758
|-
|[[Loss of Cuddalore 1758|Loss of Cuddalore]]
|4 May 1758
|-
|[[Capture of Chinsura]]
|24 November 1759
|-
|[[Battle of Biddera]]
|25 November 1759
|-
|[[Attack on Patna]]
|24 June 1763
|-
|[[Battle of Manjee]]
|1 July 1763
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|[[Battle of Cutwa]]
|19 July 1763
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|[[Battle of Gheria]]
|2 August 1763
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|[[Battle of Undwah Nala]]
|5 September 1763
|}
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