Archives: May, 2011
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...
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...
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...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...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...
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...
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...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....
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...
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...
East India Company and the Foundation of Calcutta
The foundation of Calcutta (now Kolkata) was closely intertwined with the rise of the British East India Company and its gradual consolidation of power in eastern India. Established...
