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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 Wandiwash in
Third Carnatic War (1756–1763) Bengal War (1756–1765) Battle of Plassey (1757) First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) Sannyasi Rebellion (1770–1777)
The Third Silesian War involved Prussia and Austria (1756–1763). On the Indian subcontinent, the conflict is called the Third Carnatic War (1757–1763). The term " Second Hundred Years' War " has been used in order to describe the almost continuous level of worldwide conflict between France and Great Britain during the entire 18th century ...
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 ...
Seven Years' War (1754–1763) Third Carnatic War France. Austria Russia (until 1762) Spanish Empire (from 1761) Sweden (1757–62) Saxony Mughal Empire (from 1757) Prussia Great Britain Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Iroquois Confederacy Portugal (from 1761) Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe
The Battle of Chandannagar was one of the many fought between the French and British on the Indian subcontinent during the Seven Years' War. It gave the British effective control of Calcutta and the Bengal hinterland. The French who escaped took shelter with the Nawab, whom Clive shortly afterwards defeated at Plassey.
Tensions and suspicions between Siraj-ud-daulah and the British culminated in the Battle of Plassey. The battle was waged during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), and, in a mirror of their European rivalry, the French East India Company (La Compagnie des Indes Orientales) [1] sent a small contingent to fight against the British. Siraj-ud ...
1763 Third Silesian War Part of the Seven Years' War Prussia: Austria: 1757 1763 Third Carnatic War Part of the Seven Years' War: British East India Company: Principality of Bengal French East India Company Dutch East India Company: 1757 1762 Pomeranian War Part of the Seven Years' War: Sweden Russia Prussia: 1757 1759 Revolt of the Altishahr ...