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Charles Robert Godeheu de Zaimont was Acting Governor General of Pondicherry who is the Commissioner of French army during Dupleix
's reign.
and left French to maintain on Deccan region. Actually, from 1751 Dupleix's star began to wane. Robert Clive, a discontented young British factor who had left the countinghouse for the field, seized the fort of Arcot, political capital of Karnataka
, with 210 men in August 1751. This daring stroke had the hoped-for effect of diverting half of Chanda Sahib
's army to its recovery. Clive's successful 50-day defense permitted Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan to procure allies from Tanjore and the Marathas. The French were worsted, and they were eventually forced to surrender in June 1752. Dupleix never recovered from this blow; Dupleix was superseded in August 1754 by his director Godehou, who made an unfavourable settlement with the British. On 26 December 1754, he made a treaty with Thomas Saunders, the English East India Company's resident at Madras, that forbids to the British and French companies all political activity in India and the activity must be strictly commercial.
His intervention in French activity at that time made an unerasing scar on Dupleix's efforts and became death blow for future expansions of French Colonial Empire
in India.
Charles Robert Godeheu de Zaimont was Acting Governor General of Pondicherry who is the Commissioner of French army during Dupleix
Dupleix
Dupleix could refer to one of the following:*Joseph François Dupleix, governor general of the French establishment in India in the 18th centuryFour ships of the French Navy have been named Dupleix:...
's reign.
Important incidents
In 1754, Charles Robert Godeheu gave up with the English the Indian territories, especially Madras which was conquered in 1746 by DupleixDupleix
Dupleix could refer to one of the following:*Joseph François Dupleix, governor general of the French establishment in India in the 18th centuryFour ships of the French Navy have been named Dupleix:...
and left French to maintain on Deccan region. Actually, from 1751 Dupleix's star began to wane. Robert Clive, a discontented young British factor who had left the countinghouse for the field, seized the fort of Arcot, political capital of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, with 210 men in August 1751. This daring stroke had the hoped-for effect of diverting half of Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib was the Nawab of the Carnatic between 1749 and 1752. His birth name is Husayn Dost Khan. He was the son-in-law of the Nawab of Carnatic Dost Ali Khan, under whom he worked as a Dewan. He belonged the Muslim Nait community which had ruled the Carnatic under the Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Khan...
's army to its recovery. Clive's successful 50-day defense permitted Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan to procure allies from Tanjore and the Marathas. The French were worsted, and they were eventually forced to surrender in June 1752. Dupleix never recovered from this blow; Dupleix was superseded in August 1754 by his director Godehou, who made an unfavourable settlement with the British. On 26 December 1754, he made a treaty with Thomas Saunders, the English East India Company's resident at Madras, that forbids to the British and French companies all political activity in India and the activity must be strictly commercial.
His intervention in French activity at that time made an unerasing scar on Dupleix's efforts and became death blow for future expansions of French Colonial Empire
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
in India.