The Treaty of Pondicherry was signed in 1754 bringing an end to the Second Carnatic War. It was agreed and signed in the French settlement of Pondicherry in French India

French India

French India is a general name for the former French possessions in India These included Pondichéry , Karikal and Yanaon on the Coromandel Coast, Mahé on the Malabar Coast, and Chandannagar in Bengal...

. The favoured British candidate Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan was recognized as the Nawab of the Carnatic

Nawab of the Carnatic

Nawabs of the Carnatic , ruled the Carnatic region of South India between about 1690 and 1801. They initially had their capital at Arcot,vellore city...

. Despite intending to be a lasting solution, a Third Carnatic War broke out just two years later in 1756.