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Third Carnatic War

The Third Carnatic War (1756–1763) was the final and most decisive conflict in the series of Carnatic Wars fought between the British East India Company and the French...

May 31, 2011

Rise of Lord Clive

Robert Clive, commonly known as Lord Clive or Clive of India, was one of the most prominent figures in the establishment of British political supremacy in India during...

May 31, 2011

Second Carnatic War

The Second Carnatic War was a crucial conflict fought between the British East India Company and the French East India Company, along with their respective Indian allies, for...

May 31, 2011

First Carnatic War

First Carnatic War 1746-48 was a part of the War of the Austrian Succession that was fought between the Kingdom of Prussia, Spain, France, and Bavaria, Sweden etc. on one side...

May 31, 2011

Clive

Robert Clive (born 1725) was appointed as Clerk in the service of the East India Company in 1743. The Seize of Arcot (1761) during Second Carnatic War gave...

May 31, 2011

Beginning of French and British East India Companies – The State of Affairs in Deccan

The beginning of the French and British East India Companies in India marked the dawn of European commercial and political expansion in the subcontinent. Both companies entered India...

May 31, 2011

Joseph François Dupleix

Joseph François Dupleix (1697–1763) was a French colonial administrator and one of the most ambitious figures in the history of European imperial rivalry in India. As the Governor-General...

May 31, 2011

The Arrival of French East India Company

Among the Dutch, Danish, Portuguese and French, the French East India Company was the last to be formed. Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded the French East India Company in 1664....

May 31, 2011

East India Company – Foundation of Bombay

The foundation of Bombay (now Mumbai) as a major British settlement was a crucial event in the colonial history of India. What began as a small group of...

May 31, 2011

Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale (1649–1721) was a British merchant, philanthropist, and colonial administrator best known as the benefactor after whom Yale University in the United States is named. His career...

May 31, 2011

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