War | Year | Treaty | Gov General | Battles et al |
Anglo Marathas | ||||
First | 1775-82 | Began: Treaty of Surat
End: Treaty of Salbai |
Warren Hastings | Battle of Wadgaon |
Second | 1803-05 | Began: treaty of Bassein | Lord Wellesley | Battle of Assaye |
Third | 1816-19 | Treaty of Gwalior | Marquess of Hastings | Battle of Pindari
End of Peshwa rule |
Anglo French | ||||
First | 1746-48 | Treaty of Aix-la-Chepelle | Reason: Austrian succession in Europe | 1746: Battle of Adyar/San Thome |
Second | 1749-54 | War of succession between Nasir Jung (English) and Muzaffar Jung (French) after death of Nizam | 1749: Battle of Ambur
Rise of Robert Clive |
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Third | 1758-63 | Treaty of Paris | Reason: 7 years war in Europe | 1760: Battle of Wandiwash (French defeat) |
Anglo Mysore | ||||
First | 1766-69 | |||
Second | 1780-1784 | Treaty of Mangalore | Warren Hastings | After death of Hyder Ali in 1782 Tipu led the war |
Third | 1789-92 | Treaty of Seringapatnam | Cornwallis | Defeat of Tipu |
Fourth | 1799 | Wellesley | Battle of Seringapatnam. Death of Tipu. | |
Anglo Sikh War | ||||
First | 1845-46 | Treaty of Lahore | Hardinge | |
Second | 1848-49 | Dalhousie | Final Subjugation of the Sikhs |
American War of Independence.
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