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Carnatic wars
Carnatic wars. The Carnatic region covers the Eastern Ghats and Coromandel plain in south India and witnessed the initial struggle of the British and French for power in the subcontinent. Rivalry between Chanda Sahib and Mohammed Ali to be nawab of Arcot became entangled with rivalry between the English and French East India Companies for trading supremacy. The French backed Chanda Sahib and the English Mohammed Ali. The hostilities, which brought the European War of Austrian Succession and Seven Years War to Asia, lasted with brief respites from 1746 until 1760 and saw the emergence of Robert Clive. In 1760, the English won a decisive victory at the battle of Wandewash. However, peace did not come to the region for another forty years. English hegemony was challenged by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan of Mysore, who received occasional support from France, and south India was not fully secured by the British until Arthur Wellesley's (Wellington) victory over Tipu in 1799.
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JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Carnaticwars.html JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Carnaticwars.html |
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Carnatic wars
Carnatic wars The Carnatic region in south India witnessed the initial struggle of the British and French for power. Rivalry between Chanda Sahib and Mohammed Ali to be nawab of Arcot became entangled with rivalry between the English and French East India Companies. The French backed Chanda Sahib, the English Mohammed Ali. In 1760, the English won a decisive victory at the battle of Wandewash. However, English hegemony was challenged by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan of Mysore, and south India was not fully secured by the British until Wellesley's (Wellington) victory over Tipu in 1799.
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JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Carnaticwars.html JOHN CANNON. "Carnatic wars." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Carnaticwars.html |
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