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The Third Carnatic War spread beyond southern India and into Bengal where British forces captured the French settlement of Chandernagore in 1757. However, the war was decided in the south, where the British successfully defended Madras , and Sir Eyre Coote decisively defeated the French, commanded by the Comte de Lally at the Battle of ...
In the 1740s and 1750s French and British colonial companies became more active in these local conflicts, and by the Third Carnatic War (1757–1763), the British gained Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta and emerged single largest among other colonial powers.
The battle was part of the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War. It took place at Vandavasi (Wandiwash being the Anglicised pronunciation [1]) in Tamil Nadu. Having made substantial gains in Bengal and Hyderabad, the British, after collecting a large ...
Second Carnatic War (1749–1754), about the succession of both the nizam of Hyderabad and the nawab of Arcot; Third Carnatic War (1756–1763), after the death of nawab Alivardi Khan of Bengal; part of the global Seven Years' War between amongst others France on the one hand and Britain on the other
The siege of Pondicherry (1760–1761) was a conflict in the Third Carnatic War, as part of the global Seven Years' War.Lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, British land and naval forces besieged and eventually compelled the French garrison defending the French colonial outpost of Pondicherry to surrender.
Naval battles of the East Indies Campaign (1757–1763) — in the East Indies theatre of the Seven Years' War. The seafaring battles of the East Indies Campaign in Asian colonial British India and the East Indies.
Third Carnatic War (1756–1763) This page was last edited on 31 August 2021, at 09:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pages in category "Third Carnatic War" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Battle of Chandannagar; N.