Anglo-French Struggle

When the Mughal power became week and the Subedars of Deccan were unable to protect the companies, the company took sword to defend themselves. The objective of both these companies was to earn more and more profit and was possible only if there was no competitor and for this political control was essential.
In 17th and 18th century, these companies were staunch rival  and whenever these countries clashed in Europe, a war between companies started everywhere.

The Anglo-French war in India begun with the war of succession in Autria. At that time the headquarter of French was at Pondicherry. Karaikal, Masulipatnam, Mahi, Surat and Chandranagar were other centres. English had main centres at Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

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