MODERN INDIA - 03
EXPANSION OF BRITISH IN INDIA - I
CARNATIC WARS
First War (1746-48)
REASON : The War of Austrian Succession.
COURSE : Carnatic Nawab army defeated by French (Dupleix) (Battle of adyar)
• Afterwards, the French besieged Madras.
RESULT : Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
Second War (AD 1749-54)
REASON : The War of Succession in carnatic and Hydrabad .
COURSE : French - Muzaffar Jung(Hyderabad) & Chanda Sahib(Carnatic).
British – Nazir Jung(Hyderabad) & Anwarudin(carnatic)
• After initial victory of the French, Robert Clive emerged victorious.
• The Siege of Arcot (1751) made Clive a national hero in England.
RESULT : Treaty of Pondicherry
Third War (AD 1758-63)
REASON : 7 Years war in Europe
COURSE : French Governor Count de Lally captured Fort St David.
• Battle Of Wandiwash (1760) - French were defeated by British.
RESULT : Treaty of Paris.
• Pondicherry was returned to France by British with conditions
Anglo-Mysore Wars
First War (1766-69)
REASON : Growth and threat of Haider Ali
COURSE : British+Maratha+NIZAM Vs Haider Ali
• HaiderAli defeated the British,
RESULT : Treaty of Madras (1769)
Second War (1780-84)
REASON : Mutual distrust
COURSE : Hyder Ali+Maratha+NIZAM Vs British
• Warren Hastings attacked French port Mahe (Haider Ali’s territory).
• Haider Ali captured Arcot.
• In 1781, Haider Ali was defeated at Porto Novo by Eyre Coote.
RESULT : Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
Third War (1789-92)
REASON : Growth of Tipu
COURSE : British+Maratha+NIZAM Vs Tipu Lord Cornwallis captured Bangalore.
RESULT : Treaty of Sri Rangapattinam
• Tipu ceded half of his territories + 3 crore war compensation
Fourth War (1799)
REASON : Revenge For Mangalore pact
COURSE : Lord Wellesley attacked Sri Rangapattinam and captured it.
RESULT : Tipu died while fighting.(1799)
* Family members were interned to Vellore.
* It placed England on the military supremacy in India.
* Tipu used the iron cased rockets in the 3rd and 4th Anglo- Mysore Wars.
Anglo-Maratha Wars
First War (1775-82)
REASON : British intervention on internal matters of marathas
COURSE : English favoured Raghunath Rao to become the Peshwa
• but were defeated (Convention of Wadgaon).
RESULT : Treaty of Salbai
Second War (1803-05)
REASON : The Peshwas signed the Treaty of Bassein (1802),
which was a treaty for subsidiary alliances.
COURSE : scindia+bhonsle Vs British → british won
Holkar → british lost
RESULT : Treaty of Rajghat
Third War (1817-18)
REASON : strugles to revive maratha power
COURSE : scindia+bhonsle+holkar (lead by peshwa) vs british → british won
Lord Hastings moved against Marathas and Marathas were decisively defeated.
RESULT : Satara govt formed
Previous Year Questions
1. Who is the governor general during the 3 rd Anglo-mysore war ? (CGL 2019)
A)Jhon macpherson B) Cornwallis C) Jhon shore D) Warren hastings
2. The First Carnatic War started in (RRB 2016)
A) 1746 B)1748 C) 1745 D)1740
3. The Treaty of Seringapatam is associated with which of the following wars? (NTPC 2016)
A) 1St Mysore War B) 2nd Mysore War C) 3rd Mysore War D) 4th Mysore War
4. The treaty of Salbai was signed between (SSC CHSL 2019)
A) The British and the French B) The French and the Marathas
C) The Marathas and the British C) The Sikhs and the British
5. The arrival of which of the following French Governor in India saw the beginning of Anglo-
French conflict (Carnatic Wars)? (RRB GROUP D 2015)
A) Colbert B) Dupleix C) Francois Martin D)Francis Caron
