Causes for the failure of the french in india
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The Anglo-French rivalry in the Carnatic that lasted for about two decades with short intervals of peace at last decided once for all that the French were to be the dependants of the English in India. The career of the French in India has been pictured by Malleson in the following words: "Beginning with small means, then suddenly astonishing the world by its dazzling promise, the venture of the French in India was destined to end thus early in humiliation and failure.
It was the sad fate of France in this, the most unfortunate of her wars to be disgraced on the continent and to lose simultaneously her possessions in the East and the West." Though the Treaty of Paris, 1763, accorded to the French the status quo as it stood in 1749, there was a marked decline in the position and status of the French in India. They were no longer masters, only subordinates, whose existence in India depended upon the goodwill and kindness of the English.
The causes for the French failure in the Carnatic wars can be traced to several factors. They suffered much on account of scarcity of necessary funds and lack of timely support from the home government. Unlike the English East India Company, the French East India Company was a State concern, depending for anything and everything on the home government its freedom of action was very much limited by the charter and the whims and fancies of the rulers.
Col. Malleson writes, "We will still be forced to lay the chief blame at the door of France, on the shoulders of the sensual monarch under whose rule the resources of the kingdom were so lavishly wasted and misdirected. Whilst English India received plentiful supplies of men and ships in abundance and thought herself hardly used, French India received from the mother country scarcely more than two millions of Francs! There could be but one result to such a mode of supporting a colony and that result appeared on 16th January 1761."
Again, the French East India Company was in course of time growing into a department of state, result being that Company lost the energy and vigour of a private enterprise. Its limited resources were inadequate and the viceroys and their subordinates very often indulged in private trade smuggling, slave trade etc. which directly or indirectly contributed much to the deviation from the main purpose and the consequent collapse of the French power.
France, during the period was blessed with some enterprising and energetic generals in India like Dupleix, La Bourdonnais, Bussy and Lally. On the opposite side we see only Clive, with accomplishments of a genius when comparing the abilities of the military generals on both sides, it becomes difficult to understand why the French failed so miserably. The fact is that while the French had good generals, the English had better disciplined subordinates.
It was the sad fate of France in this, the most unfortunate of her wars to be disgraced on the continent and to lose simultaneously her possessions in the East and the West." Though the Treaty of Paris, 1763, accorded to the French the status quo as it stood in 1749, there was a marked decline in the position and status of the French in India. They were no longer masters, only subordinates, whose existence in India depended upon the goodwill and kindness of the English.
The causes for the French failure in the Carnatic wars can be traced to several factors. They suffered much on account of scarcity of necessary funds and lack of timely support from the home government. Unlike the English East India Company, the French East India Company was a State concern, depending for anything and everything on the home government its freedom of action was very much limited by the charter and the whims and fancies of the rulers.
Col. Malleson writes, "We will still be forced to lay the chief blame at the door of France, on the shoulders of the sensual monarch under whose rule the resources of the kingdom were so lavishly wasted and misdirected. Whilst English India received plentiful supplies of men and ships in abundance and thought herself hardly used, French India received from the mother country scarcely more than two millions of Francs! There could be but one result to such a mode of supporting a colony and that result appeared on 16th January 1761."
Again, the French East India Company was in course of time growing into a department of state, result being that Company lost the energy and vigour of a private enterprise. Its limited resources were inadequate and the viceroys and their subordinates very often indulged in private trade smuggling, slave trade etc. which directly or indirectly contributed much to the deviation from the main purpose and the consequent collapse of the French power.
France, during the period was blessed with some enterprising and energetic generals in India like Dupleix, La Bourdonnais, Bussy and Lally. On the opposite side we see only Clive, with accomplishments of a genius when comparing the abilities of the military generals on both sides, it becomes difficult to understand why the French failed so miserably. The fact is that while the French had good generals, the English had better disciplined subordinates.
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Causes for the failure of the french in India are;
The French Government
The French Government in the 17th century and till we move towards the French Revolution in 1789 was a particular dictatorship.
French company
There was an internal disturbance in the very nature of the arrangement of the French Company. Naturally, the Company did not enjoy sovereignty, nor did it represent the enthusiasm of the French nation.
Seats of Power in India:
Although the French power in regard to their seats of authority was abundant it was by no midpoints equivalent to that of their considered rivals, the English.
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