Carnatic Wars

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18th-century war battle series of military conflicts war

The Carnatic Wars were a series of 18th-century military conflicts in South India between the British and French East India Companies and their local allies, which played a crucial role in establishing British dominance in the Indian subcontinent.

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Label	Occurrences
Carnatic Wars canonical	30
Third Carnatic War in India (overlapping phase)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century war ⓘ battle ⓘ battle ⓘ series of military conflicts ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Carnatic region of India ⓘ surface form: Carnatic region Hyderabad State ⓘ Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
cause	Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
conflictType	colonial war ⓘ succession dispute ⓘ
date	1751 ⓘ 1760 ⓘ
endTime	1748 ⓘ 1754 ⓘ 1763 ⓘ 1763 ⓘ
followedBy	consolidation of British rule in India ⓘ
hasPart	First Carnatic War ⓘ Second Carnatic War ⓘ Third Carnatic War ⓘ
hasParticipant	Chanda Sahib ⓘ Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad Robert Clive ⓘ local Indian allies ⓘ
historicalSignificance	pivotal in establishing British supremacy in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
locatedIn	Carnatic region ⓘ Carnatic region of India ⓘ surface form: Carnatic region Carnatic region of India ⓘ surface form: Carnatic region South India ⓘ
mainBelligerent	British East India Company ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ
numberOfConflicts	3 ⓘ
outcome	British victory ⓘ
partOf	European colonial conflicts in India ⓘ
result	British dominance in South India ⓘ decline of French political influence in India ⓘ
significantBattle	Battle of Ambur ⓘ Siege of Arcot ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arcot Battle of St. Thomé ⓘ Battle of Wandiwash ⓘ
startTime	1744 ⓘ 1744 ⓘ 1749 ⓘ 1756 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnatic region of India → majorPowerIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Carnatic region of India → relatedTo → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

War of the Austrian Succession → alsoKnownAs → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Carnatic War in India (overlapping phase)

Siege of Arcot → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Second Carnatic War → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Raza Sahib → participatedIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Raza Sahib → militaryConflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Arcot → involvedInConflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Chanda Sahib → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Madras Army → engagedIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

British East India Company forces → engagedIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Mysorean invasion of the Carnatic → relatedTo → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Sir Eyre Coote → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Siege of Pondicherry (1748) → relatedTo → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

British conquest of India → hasPart → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

First Carnatic War → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Battle of St. Thomé → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Battle of Ambur → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Carnatic → involvedIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Dost Ali Khan → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Carnatic Nawabate → knownFor → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Third Carnatic War → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Arcot fort (ruins) → usedDuring → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Siege of Trichinopoly → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Siege of Trichinopoly → relatedTo → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Stringer Lawrence → participatedIn → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

French East India Company forces → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Battle of Kaveripak → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Battle of Valikondapuram → theatreOfWar → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Chandrashekhar Sahib → partOf → Carnatic Wars ⓘ

Presidency armies of British India → conflict → Carnatic Wars ⓘ