First Carnatic War

First Carnatic War
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Carnatic Wars
The British surrender of Madras, 1746
Date 1744–27 October 1748 Location Carnatic region, South India Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Nizam of Hyderabad Nawab of Carnatic	Kingdom of France French East India Company	Kingdom of Great Britain British East India Company
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.