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Name the French Commander who was defeated in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760.

Name the French Commander who was defeated in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760. Correct Answer Count Lally

The correct answer is Count Lally.

Key Points

  • Third Carnatic War and the Battle of Wandiwash (1758-63):
    • ​In Europe, when Austria wanted to recover Silesia in 1756, the Seven Years War (1756-63) started. Britain and France were once again on opposite sides.
    • The decisive battle of the Third Carnatic War was won by the English on January 22, 1760, at Wandiwash (or Vandavasi) in Tamil Nadu.
    • General Eyre Coote of the English totally routed the French army under Count de Lally and took Marquis de Bussy as a prisoner.
    • Pondicherry was gallantly defended by Lally for eight months before he surrendered on January 16, 1761.
    • The third war ended with the Treaty of Peace of Paris (1763) under which Pondicherry and Chandannagar were returned to France but they could only have trading activities in them.
    • Thereafter, the French, like their Portuguese and Dutch counterparts in India, confined themselves to their small enclaves and to commerce.
    • The English became the supreme European power in the Indian subcontinent.

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