First Carnatic War

First Carnatic War
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
and the Carnatic Wars

The British surrender of Madras, 1746
Date1744–27 October 1748
Location
Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents

 Mughal Empire
Nizam of Hyderabad

Kingdom of France Kingdom of France

Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Great Britain

Commanders and leaders
Anwaruddin Khan
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah
Joseph François Dupleix
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
Stringer Lawrence
Edward Peyton
Edward Boscawen

The First Carnatic War (1740–1748) was the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and the first of a series of Carnatic Wars that established early British dominance on the east coast of the Indian subcontinent. In this conflict the British and French East India Companies vied with each other on land for control of their respective trading posts at Madras, Pondicherry, and Cuddalore, while naval forces of France and Britain engaged each other off the coast. The war set the stage for the rapid growth of French hegemony in southern India under the command of French Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix in the Second Carnatic War.