SECOND CARNATIC WAR (1749-54)

 

• The background for the Second Carnatic War was provided by rivalry in India.

• The death of Nizam-ul-Mulk, the founder of the independent kingdom of Hyderabad, in 1748, provided an opportunity to both French and British to meddle with the internal affairs and strengthen their hold thus leading to Second Carnatic War.

 

• Although inconclusive, it undermined the French power in South India vis-àvis the English.