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The Carnatic Wars, the Anglo-Mysore Wars and the Anglo-Maratha Wars had virtually eliminated the French front the contest of supremacy in South India. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2023
  • European Penetration into India

French elimination from the contest for supremacy in South India was not accomplished by the Carnatic Wars alone but by a cumulative sequence spanning three distinct conflict-series, each closing off a different avenue through which French power might have survived or revived.

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  • The Carnatic Wars: Direct Elimination of French Territorial Power (1746–63)
  • The Anglo-Mysore Wars: Removing the Prospect of an Indian Ally for French Revival (1767–99)
  • The Anglo-Maratha Wars: Removing the Wider Subcontinental Counterweight
  • Assessing "Virtually Eliminated"

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