Multiple choice

In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by the English?

  1. Battle of Wandiwash

  2. Battle of Buxar

  3. Battle of Plassey

  4. Battle of Adyar
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Battle of Wandiwash 1760— from 1744, the French and English fought a series of battles for supremacy in the Carnatic region. In the third Carnatic war, the British East India Company defeated the French forces at the battle of Wandiwash ending almost a century of conflict over supremacy in India. The battle gave the British trading company a far superior position in India compared to other Europeans.

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