⚔ Battle

French capture Madras (First Carnatic War)

1746 – present · 📍 Chennai

French India

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Where it happened.

Meanwhile (within 10 years)

  1. 1737 ⚔ Baji Rao raids Delhi · Maratha Empire
  2. 1739 ⚔ Nadir Shah sacks Delhi · Mughal Empire
  3. 1741 ⚔ Battle of Colachel · Travancore
  4. 1742 ⚔ Maratha (Bargi) raids on Bengal · Nawabs of Bengal
  5. 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Durrani Empire · Durrani Empire
  6. 1749 ⚔ Battle of Ambur · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)
  7. 1751 ⚔ Siege of Arcot · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)

Alive at the time

Nadir Shah
1688 – 1747
Persian ruler who sacked Delhi in 1739
Velu Nachiyar
1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
Nana Fadnavis
1742 – 1800
Peshwa minister called the 'Maratha Machiavelli'
Sir William Jones
1746 – 1794
Founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

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