Who Fought The First Carnatic War?

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First Carnatic War
Mughal Empire Nizam of Hyderabad

Nawab of Carnatic Kingdom of France French East India Company
Commanders and leaders Anwaruddin Khan Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah Joseph François Dupleix Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais

Who fought the Second Carnatic War?

The second Carnatic war fought in the year 1749-1754

between the French and British

. 1. The Second Carnatic war took place between the British and French. In the South, Madras was an important trading centre for the British and nearby Pondicherry for the French.

Who were fighting the war of succession in Hyderabad?

The Carnatic Wars refers to a series of military conflicts between

the British East India Company and French East India Company

Who were defeated in Carnatic war?

Date 1746–1763 Location Carnatic region, South India Result British victory

Why were the Carnatic wars fought?


Commercial and maritime rivalry between France and England

was the primary reason behind these wars. The entire south India was divided into minor Rajas, Nawabs and petty chieftains who fought with each other for supremacy. British and French took opposite sides to support these rivals and increase their own dominance.

What was immediate cause of the Second Carnatic War?

The cause of the second Carnatic War was

the interference of the English and the French in politics of the native rulers with a view to enhancing their political power and area of influence

. Asaf Jah, Nizam-ul-mulk of Hyderabad, died in May 1748.

Who is Muhammad Ali in Carnatic War?


Muhammad Ali Khan Walla Jah
Allegiance Mughal Empire Service/branch Nawab of the Carnatic Rank Subedar Battles/wars Mughal-Maratha Wars, Seven Years’ War, Carnatic Wars, Anglo-Mysore Wars

Where is Carnatic located?

The Carnatic region is the

peninsular South Indian region between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal

, in the erstwhile Madras Presidency and in the modern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh.

Who won Third Carnatic War?

1 Who won the third Carnatic War? The third Carnatic War was won by

the English army

who fought under the leadership of General Eyre Coote. It was won on January 22, 1760.

Which treaty ended the third Carnatic War?

The Third Carnatic War proved decisive. The third war ended with

the Treaty of Peace of Paris

(1763) under which Pondicherry and Chandannagar were returned to France but they could only have trading activities in them.

Why is it called Carnatic?

According to Bishop Robert Caldwell, in his Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, the term

is derived from Kar, “black”, and nadu, “country”

, i.e. “the black country”, which refers to the black soil prevalent on the plateau of the Southern Deccan.

Where was Carnatic war fought?

Carnatic Wars, also spelled Karnatic Wars, series of military contests during the 18th century between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore for control

of the coastal strip of eastern India from Nellore

(north of Madras [now Chennai]) southward (the Tamil country).

What is the result of second Carnatic War?

Following were the results of the Second Carnatic War:

The French were squarely defeated by the British and their aim of establishing a French empire in India was effectively destroyed

. The war resulted in the French influence being restricted to Pondicherry.

Who killed the Nawab of Karnataka?

Maratha interlude (1740—1743)

Early in 1740, therefore,

the Marathas

appeared in the south with a vast army, and defeated and killed the Nawab of Arcot (Dost Ali Khan) in the pass of Damalcheruvu, now in Chittoor district.

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