1744-48 |
First Anglo-French Carinatic war. Madras returned to British by the treaty of Aix-la- |
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Chappalle. In battle of St. Thome, a small French Army defeated Nawab Anwar-ud- |
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din’s large one. |
1748-54 |
Second Anglo French Carinatic war. The French sided with Muzaffar Jang (grandson of |
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Asaf Jah) & Chanda Sahib (in Carinatic) while the Enlish supported the claims of Nasir |
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Jang (son of late Nizam, Asaf Jah) & Anwar-ud-din (Carinatic) Initially the French |
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under Dupleix had success (& stationed officer Bussy at Hyderabad) but later the |
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English got hold. Treaty of Pondicherry signed. |
1757-63 |
Third Anglo French Carinatic war. French captured Fort St. David. Lally did the |
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mistake of recalling Bussy from Hyderabad. Later the French were badly routed at |
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Wandiwash by the British under Sir Eyre Coote. |
1757 |
Battle of Plassey. British under clive & treacher Mir Jaffar routed Siraj-ud-daula. Mir |
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Jafar was made Bengal but later replaced by his son-in-law Mir Kasim. He revolted & |
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was again replaced by Mir Jafar. |
1760 |
Battle of Wandiwash. French decisively defeated |
1761 |
Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali |
1764 |
Battle of Buxar. Mir Kasim, Shuja-ud-daula & Shah Alam II defeated by Major Munro. |
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Treaty of Allahabad signed which gave the diwani of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa & Bihar to |
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the Enlish & trading rights in Awadh. Shah Alam on pension of 26 laksh/annum. |
1767-69 |
I Anglo Mysore war. Both the British & Haider Ali returned each others territories The |
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britisheres committed to help Haider against a third party invasion |
1775-82 |
First Anglo Maratha war. The British army was defeated. The humiliating convention |
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of Wadgaon was concluded in which the company was required to give up all the |
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advantages of Treaty of Purandhar. Peace was at last restored by treaty of Salbai signed |
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between Warren Hastings & Mahdji Scindia whereby salsette & Bassein were given to |
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the British. |
1780-84 |
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struggle to Tipu. War concluded by treaty of Mangalore |
1790-92 |
III Anglo Mysore war. Tipu signed the treaty of Seringapattam |
1799 |
IV Anglo Mysore war. When the subsidiary alliance was offered to Tipu Sultan he |
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flatly refused & hence the war happened in which the Marathas & the Nizam helped the |
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Britishers. Tipu died fighting the war. |
1803-1805 |
Second Anglo Maratha war. Marathas defeated. |
1814-16 |
Anglo Nepal war. War came to an end by treaty of Sagauli |
1817-19 |
Third Anglo Maratha war. Marathas decisively defeated |
1823-26 |
First Anglo Burmese war. Buremese defeated & conducted Treaty of Yandahboo |
1839-42 |
First Anglo Afghan war. The Britishers were defeated. |
1845-46 |
First Anglo-Sikh war. Sikhs defeated & Treaty of Lahore conducted |
1848-49 |
Second Anglo Sikh war. Sikhs defeated & Punjab annexed to British. Maharaja Dalip |
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Singh given an annual pension of 50,000 pounds & sent to England for higher studies |
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& later converted to Christianity. The Kohinoor was gifted to Queen Victoria. |
1852 |
Second Anglo Burmese war. English successful |
1878-80 |
Second Anglo Afghan war. English suffered losses. |
1885-87 |
Third Anglo Burmese war. English annexed Burma |
1919-21 |
Third Anglo Afghan war. English though victorious did not benefit from the war. |