1 History & Culture · 1.4.9 European companies in Andhra

1.4.9.4 Chandurthi 1758 to the Northern Circars grant 1765–66

Invited by Ananda Gajapati Raju of Vizianagaram, Clive sent Colonel Forde from Bengal, who beat the French at Chandurthi (1758) and took Masulipatnam (1759); the English then secured the Northern Circars by Shah Alam II's farman (1765) and a treaty with Nizam Ali (1766), with Guntur left to Basalat Jang for life.

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Key terms

  • Ananda Gajapati Raju
  • Clive
  • Colonel Forde
  • Chandurthi 1758
  • Condore
  • Conflans
  • Masulipatnam 1759
  • Salabat Jung treaty 1759
  • Shah Alam II farman 1765
  • Treaty of Hyderabad 1766
  • Nizam Ali
  • Basalat Jang
  • Guntur Circar 1788
  • Kandregula Jogipantulu
  • Treaty of 1768
  • Northern Circars
  • Chicacole
  • Rajahmundry
  • Ellore
  • Mustafanagar
  • Murtazanagar

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