French take Madras (south-east India) from the British

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.1.01: Indian Writing and Culture: Ancient and Classical, -600-1750.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Mali Skotheim (Ashoka University)

Domains

Battle

Dates

Date of occurrence 1746

Places

India (Location)
France (Involved)
United Kingdom (Involved)

Resources

Save to Bookshelf

Technically, a mere side-show to the European struggle known as the “War of the Austrian Succession”, but among the first symptoms of the coming struggle between France and Britain for dominance over Indian markets. The French here were playing to their own strengths, since the

Compagnie des Indes

was particularly strong in south-east India. Eventually, however, the provocation would prove fatal, since British revenues from the India trade were four times as large and would prove decisive in funding the coming conflict.

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

82 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "French take Madras (south-east India) from the British". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 February 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4178, accessed 16 April 2024.]

Save this article