what are the causes of second carnatic war?
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uring 18th century there were Indian rulers, British east India Company and French east India Company. Indian rulers were fighting with each other with the help of either of foreign companies. Both the French and the English East India Companies, to advance their commercial interests, offer military support in dynastic struggles within powerful Indian states. Helping a candidate to the throne opens a new region of influence, a new market.
The death in 1748 of the Mogul viceroy in Hyderabad is followed by French and English assistance for rival sons of the dead ruler. Soon the two European nations are also fighting on opposite sides in a war of succession in the Carnatic (the coastal strip north and south of Madras).
The French candidate succeeds in Hyderabad, and the English favourite prevails in the Carnatic. But the most striking event in either campaign is a dramatic intervention by Robert Clive in 1751. With 200 British and 300 Indian soldiers he seizes Arcot (the capital of the Carnatic) and holds it through a seven-week siege.
His action, and his subsequent defeat of a French and Indian force in battle, wins the throne for his candidate. It also has the effect of diminishing the prestige in Indian eyes of the French army. Until now the French have had the better of the British in India (most notably in their capture of Madras in 1746).
uring 18th century there were Indian rulers, British east India Company and French east India Company. Indian rulers were fighting with each other with the help of either of foreign companies. Both the French and the English East India Companies, to advance their commercial interests, offer military support in dynastic struggles within powerful Indian states. Helping a candidate to the throne opens a new region of influence, a new market.
The death in 1748 of the Mogul viceroy in Hyderabad is followed by French and English assistance for rival sons of the dead ruler. Soon the two European nations are also fighting on opposite sides in a war of succession in the Carnatic (the coastal strip north and south of Madras).
The French candidate succeeds in Hyderabad, and the English favourite prevails in the Carnatic. But the most striking event in either campaign is a dramatic intervention by Robert Clive in 1751. With 200 British and 300 Indian soldiers he seizes Arcot (the capital of the Carnatic) and holds it through a seven-week siege.
His action, and his subsequent defeat of a French and Indian force in battle, wins the throne for his candidate. It also has the effect of diminishing the prestige in Indian eyes of the French army. Until now the French have had the better of the British in India (most notably in their capture of Madras in 1746).
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The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in Europe in 1748 also saw the end of the first Carnatic war and put the two forces, British and French back to where they were at the beginning of the First Carnatic War. But the French general Dupleix saw that the British were better placed politically in Bombay and Bengal also other than Madras. So to consolidate his position in the Deccan he began meddling with the affairs of the politics of the region. He supported Chand Saheb against Anwar-ud-din Khan in Arcot and Muzaffar Jang against Nasir Jang on the issue of succession in the Nizam territory of Hyderabad. In clashes, the French succeeded in putting both Chand Sahib and Muzaffar Jang on the thrones of Arcot and Hyderabad. In return the French got the territories around Pondicherry and Masulipatnam. Now, the French wanted to complete the consolidation of power by occupying Trichinopoly by defeating Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali garnered British support and thus the Second Carnatic War was fought between Robert Clive and Dupleix the general of the French forces in order to establish supremacy in the Carnatic region.
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