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The Treaty of Paris 1763 and the Birth of the British Raj
In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War but also redrew the map of India, handing French ambitions a death blow and cementing British supremacy. But how did a treaty signed in Europe reshape the subcontinent? This episode follows the diplomatic and military chess game that led from the fall of Pondichéry to the establishment of the British Raj. We explore the decisive Battle of Wandiwash in 1760, where Sir Eyre Coote's East India Company forces crushed the Comte de Lally's French army, and the subsequent siege of Pondichéry. We discuss the neglected role of the…
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