Tag: carnatic wars

The news of Austrain succession was reached India in 1744. The first Carnatic War was the result of Austrain succession war that took place in 1740 between Austria and Purssia. English and French entered opposite sides in the war.

Duplex promised to handover Madras to Nawab Anwar-ud-din. When Duplex refused to restore the Madras to  Anwar-ud-din, the later sent an army against the French. The army of Nawab was defeated by the French in the battle of Adayar (st. Thomas), near Madras.

DUPLEIX, influential governor-general (1742–1754) of the French East India Company During his three decades in India, the Dupleix expanded the commercial, political, and military operations of the French East India Company, and his administration marked the apex of French colonial ambitions in India.

The French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch East India companies in the East Indies.

The Battle of Wandiwash between the French, under the comte de Lally, and the British, under Sir Eyre Coote. This was the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and the British. It was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle in southern India during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63). The French were then restricted to Pondichéry, where they surrendered on 16 January 1761.

Duplex promised to handover Madras to Nawab Anwar-ud-din if the later allowed the french to conquer it. When Duplex refused to restore the Madras to  Anwar-ud-din, the later sent an army against the French. The army of Nawab was defeated by the French in the battle of Adayar (st. Thomas), near Madras.

Second Carnatic war took place between French and British without the permission of their mother countries. After the release of  Chanda Saheb  from Maratha captivity conflict started between Chanda Saheb and Anwar-ud-din for the Nawab ship of Carnatic.

Dupleix was Governor-General of French India. He made several voyages to the Americas and India. Following the battle of Madras, city of Madras surrendered to the French. In 1746, with the help of a French fleet, Dupleix seized Madras but failed to capture the neighbouring British fort of St. David. 

The Battle of Madras or Fall of Madras took place in September 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a French force attacked and captured the city of Madras from its British garrison.

They occupied it until the end of hostilities when it was exchanged for a British conquest of Quebec in North America as part of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. One of the British defenders, Robert Clive made his name by escaping from the French captors and carrying news of the city's fall to his superiors at Fort St David.

Commodore Barnet was the British naval commander who arrived in India with a fleet during the First Carnatic War (1746). Dupleix was the French Governor, and Lally arrived during the Third Carnatic War.

Duplex asked La Bourdonnais  (the French Governor at Mauritus) to besiege Madras during first carnatic war.  Madras  surrendered to French in September, 1746.Due to the differences between Duplex and La Bourfonnais, the later restored the Madras to the English but later Duplex recaptured Madras.