The book College History of India: Asiatic And European was written by author James Talboys Wheeler Here you can read free online of College History of India: Asiatic And European book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is College History of India: Asiatic And European a good or bad book?
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To his utter surprise the army was routed by a few hundred Frenchmen ; consequently he could do nothing but leave the French in possession. In 1748, France and England came to terms in Europe, and Dupleix was obliged to restore Madras to the British. Digitized by Google Ii8 COLLEGE HISTORY OF INDIA. CH. VI. Aspira- tions for empire. 17481751. § 13. Dupleix was a man of genius and ambition, and he dreamed of founding a French empire in India. The Nizam of the Deccan died in 1748, and both the De...ccan and the Carnatic were in a ferment. The sons and other kinsmen of the Nizam fought one another for the succes- sion to the throne of Hyderabad. The Nawab of the Carnatic lost his patron, and was threatened by the adherents of his predecessor. Dupleix induced the Mah- rattas to release Chunder Sahib from his imprisonment at Satara; and war broke out in which the Nawab of the Carnatic was killed, and Chunder Sahib, supported by Dupleix and the French, was proclaimed Nawab at Arcot, not seventy miles from Madras and Fort St.
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