1744-48 | First Anglo-French Carinatic war. Madras returned to British by the treaty of Aix-la- |
Chappalle. In battle of St. Thome, a small French Army defeated Nawab Anwar-ud- | |
din’s large one. | |
1748-54 | Second Anglo French Carinatic war. The French sided with Muzaffar Jang (grandson of |
Asaf Jah) & Chanda Sahib (in Carinatic) while the Enlish supported the claims of Nasir | |
Jang (son of late Nizam, Asaf Jah) & Anwar-ud-din (Carinatic) Initially the French | |
under Dupleix had success (& stationed officer Bussy at Hyderabad) but later the | |
English got hold. Treaty of Pondicherry signed. | |
1757-63 | Third Anglo French Carinatic war. French captured Fort St. David. Lally did the |
mistake of recalling Bussy from Hyderabad. Later the French were badly routed at | |
Wandiwash by the British under Sir Eyre Coote. | |
1757 | Battle of Plassey. British under clive & treacher Mir Jaffar routed Siraj-ud-daula. Mir |
Jafar was made Bengal but later replaced by his son-in-law Mir Kasim. He revolted & | |
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. |
Treaty of Allahabad signed which gave the diwani of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa & Bihar to | |
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 |
britisheres committed to help Haider against a third party invasion | |
1775-82 | First Anglo Maratha war. The British army was defeated. The humiliating convention |
of Wadgaon was concluded in which the company was required to give up all the | |
advantages of Treaty of Purandhar. Peace was at last restored by treaty of Salbai signed | |
between Warren Hastings & Mahdji Scindia whereby salsette & Bassein were given to | |
the British. | |
1780-84 | II Anglo Mysore War. In 1782 Haider Ali passed away due to illness leaving the |
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 |
flatly refused & hence the war happened in which the Marathas & the Nizam helped the | |
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 |
Singh given an annual pension of 50,000 pounds & sent to England for higher studies | |
& 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. |
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