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Conflict South Asia

Carnatic Wars

1746 CE – 1763 CE · 17 years

Three wars in southern India between British and French trading companies, each supporting rival Indian rulers. British victory established the East India Company's dominance in India and expelled French colonial ambitions.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British East India Company & allies
  • French East India Company & Indian allies

Key moments

Defining events in the Carnatic Wars.

  1. 1751 Siege of Arcot
  2. 1757 Battle of Plassey
  3. 1760 Battle of Wandiwash

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Landmark · South Asia

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Bahawalpur

Founded 1748 CE · attested to 1800 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Maratha Empire Expansion

1674 CE – 1761 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Durrani Empire Conquests

1747 CE – 1823 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Mughal Empire

1526 CE – 1857 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1746 CE and 1763 CE.

1747 CE Durrani Empire Conquests 1757 CE British Conquest of Bengal 1758 CE Maratha-Durrani War 1748 CE Cathedral of Havana 1756 CE Seven Years' War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Cathedral of Havana Landmark · Americas 1748 CE – still standing Caloosahatchee cultureure Polity · Americas 500 CE – 1750 CE War of the Austrian Succession Conflict · Europe 1740 CE – 1748 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Johann Sebastian Bach Figure · Germany 1685 CE – 1750 CE Touro Synagogue Landmark · Americas 1763 CE – still standing
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Carnatic warsFrancis Hayman · Public domain
  • Taj MahalYann; edited by Jim Carter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • BahawalpurUsamashahid433; Shaviree; Tanzeel Uz Zaman Babar; Tahsin Shah; Aurungzeb; Ab basit007 · CC BY 2.5
  • Mount EverestRdevany · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • TibetUniversity of Texas Libraries · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Western GhatsMdmadhu · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mughal EmpireJustus Perthes, Gotha./Charles Joppen · GFDL