jan 1, 1746 - Direct Cause of First Caranatic War French captured Madras in retaliation 1746

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The English navy under Barnet seized
some French ships to provoke France. France retaliated by
seizing Madras in 1746 with the help of the fleet from
Mauritius, the Isle of France, under Admiral La Bourdonnais,
the French governor of Mauritius. Thus began the first
Carnatic War

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