Question

describe the causes and the consequences of the first Carnatic War

Answer 1

The First Carnatic War (1746–1748) was the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and the first of a series ofCarnatic Wars that established early British dominance on the east coast of the Indian subcontinent. In this conflict the British andFrench East India Companies vied with each other on land for control of their respective trading posts at Madras, Pondicherry, andCuddalore, while naval forces of France and Britain engaged each other off the coast. The war set the stage for the rapid growth of French hegemony in southern India under the command of French Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix in the Second Carnatic War.The power of a small number of French troops over larger Indian formations was not lost on Joseph Dupleix, and over the next several years he capitalised on this advantage to greatly expand French influence in south India. In the Second Carnatic War (1748-1754) he took advantage of struggles for succession to the Nizam of Hyderabad and Nawab of the Carnatic to establish strong French influence over a number of states in south India. The British East India Company, in contrast, did little to expand its own influence and only weakly attempted to oppose Dupleix's expansive activities. Robert Clive recognised that this threatened the entire livelihood of the Company in the area, and in 1751 engaged in a series of celebrated military exploits that cemented British control over Madras by the end of that conflict.

Answer 2

The First Carnatic War was the extension of the Anglo- French War in Europe. The Austrian Wars of Succession broke out in 1740 as a result hostilities also broke out in India in 1746.