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The Nawabs of the Carnatic were the nawabs who ruled the Carnatic region of South India between about 1690 and 1855.
Establishment
January 1691: The Nawabs of the Carnatic (also referred to as the Nawabs of Arcot) were the nawabs who ruled the Carnatic region of South India between about 1690 and 1855.
Chronology
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Was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. At the end of the war the main winner was Great Britain, that obtained territories in North America, the Caribbean and India, becoming the most powerful maritime and colonial of the European powers.
1.1.Indian Theatre (Seven Years' War)
Was the theatre of war of the Seven Years' War in the Indian Subcontinent.
January 1760: The French, led by General Thomas Arthur de Lally, captured Cuddalore from the British East India Company during the Seven Years' War in 1759. This military occupation was part of the larger conflict between France and Britain for control over colonial territories in India.
Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.
2.1.Anglo-Mysore Wars
Were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Sultanate of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the other. The fourth war resulted in the dismantlement of Mysore to the benefit of the East India Company, which took control of much of the Indian subcontinent.
2.1.1.First Anglo-Mysore War
Was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company.
October 1767: Haider Ali moved on to capture Kaveripattinam after two days of siege.
December 1767: Mysore ruler Hider Ali besieged Ambur from November 1767.
January 1768: In 1767, during the Siege of Ambur, the British garrison commander, Colonel Joseph Smith, refused bribes offered by Haider Ali, the ruler of Mysore. The siege was eventually lifted when a relief column arrived in early December, ending the conflict in the region.
April 1769: The Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed between Mysore and the British (Lord Verelst) East India Company which brought an end to the First Anglo-Mysore War. The treaty agree to revert to the status quo ante bellum.
2.1.2.Second Anglo-Mysore War
Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784.
January 1780: By 1779, Mysore ruler Haider Ali had captured parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, extending the Kingdom's area to about 80,000 mi2 .
January 1780: By 1779, Mysore ruler Haider Ali had captured parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, extending the Kingdom's area to about 80,000 mi² (205,000 km²).
October 1781: Hyder Ali's forces invaded Tanjore.
December 1781: Coote marched into the Carnatic, and occupied Cuddalore.
December 1781: The British forces, led by Sir Eyre Coote, successfully captured Negapatam from Hyder Ali's army in 1781. This victory forced Hyder Ali to retreat from Tanjore, which ultimately led to the territory being handed over to Arcot State.
March 1784: The Second Anglo-Mysore War was ended on 11 March 1784 with the signing of the Treaty of Mangalore, at which both sides agreed to restore the others' lands to the status quo ante bellum.
January 1701: During the reign of Chikka Devaraja (r. 1672-1704), the Kingdom of Mysore grew to include Salem and Bangalore to the east, Hassan to the west, Chikkamagaluru and Tumkur to the north and the rest of Coimbatore to the south.
January 1734: In 1733, the Swedish East India Company, under the leadership of King Frederick I of Sweden, established a factory in Porto Novo, which is now known as Parangipettai. This marked Sweden's presence in the region during the colonial era.
January 1737: In 1736 the new Persian dynasty of the Cagiari reconquered Bahrain.
January 1742: In 1741, Governor Joseph François Dupleix arrived in India, aiming to establish a French territorial empire. Commanded by Marquis Bussy-Castelnau, Dupleix's forces gained control over the area from Hyderabad to Cape Comorin.
December 1754: The Governor of French India, Charles Godeheu, signed a treaty with the British on December 26, 1754, agreeing to evacuate all the territories in India conquered by his predecessor, Joseph Dupleix. The British also agreed to leave the territories of French India that they had occupied.
January 1759: The maximum extent of the Kingdom of Travancore was reached at the end of Marthanda Varma's reign.
January 1763: A period of anarchy followed the death of Tukkoji and came to an end when Pratapsingh came to the throne in 1739. He ruled until 1763. He allied with Muhammad Ali, the Nawab of the Carnatic, and aided the British East India Company against the French East India Company in the Carnatic Wars and the Seven Years' War. He was the last king to be addressed to be the Directors of the British East India Company as "His Majesty". In 1762, a tripartite treaty was signed between Thanjavur, Carnatic and the British by which he became a vassal of the Nawab of the Carnatic.
January 1777: Thanjavur was annexed by the Nawab of the Carnatic who ruled till 1776. The throne was restored to him by the Directors of the British East India Company. But his restoration came at a heavy price as it deprived him of his independence.
January 1789: In 1788 the British East India Company gained control of the Circar of Guntur, the southernmost of the Northern Circars, which the company had acquired under earlier agreements with the Nizam.
Disestablishment
January 1856: The thirteenth Nawab, Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1825-1855), died without issue, and the British annexed the Carnatic Nawabdom, applying the doctrine of lapse.
Arcot State
