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Last Updated:: 23/12/2022
The famous Battle of Wandiwash ‘which gave India’ to the British
In January 1760, the British, led by Eyre Coote, defeated the French forces under Thomas-Arthur, Comte de Lally, at Vandavasi in the present-day Tiruvannamalai district and established their supremacy in India. The battle also helped to vanquish the native powers.
Source: The Hindu Chennai, 23/12/2022, pg.11.