Information
Name: First Carnatic War
Type: Event
Start: 1746
End: 1746
Parents: War of the Austrian Succession, Carnatic Wars
First Carnatic War: All Data
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Was the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and the first of a series of Carnatic Wars. In this conflict the British and French East India Companies fought for control of their respective trading posts at Madras, Pondicherry, and Cuddalore.