Carnatic Wars [SEP] end time
East India Company established its dominance among the European trading companies within India. The French company was pushed to a corner and was confined primarily to Pondichéry. The East India Company's dominance eventually led to control by the British Company over most of India and eventually to the establishment of the British Raj.
In the 18th century, the coastal Carnatic region was a dependency of Hyderabad. Three Carnatic Wars were fought between 1746 and 1763.
Background.
The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. He was succeeded by Bahadur
, and the end of Company rule, the developments could be summarised as follows:
- Bombay Presidency: expanded after the Anglo-Maratha Wars.
- Madras Presidency: Expanded in the mid-to-late 18th century Carnatic Wars and Anglo-Mysore Wars.
- Bengal Presidency: Expanded after the battles of Plassey (1757) and Buxar (1764), and after the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha Wars.
- Penang: became residency within the Bengal Presidency in 1786, became the fourth presidency