The Untold Story of the Second Carnatic War

When we think of the British Raj, we think of queens, viceroys, and the mighty East India Company. We think of the Battle of Plassey in 1757, where Robert Clive famously defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah. But history has a strange way of hiding its true turning points. Long before Plassey, there was a dry, hot fortress in Southern India where the fate of the subcontinent was truly decided. That place was Arcot. That war was the Second Carnatic War (1749-1754)—a bloody, five-year chess match between two European superpowers, fought entirely on Indian soil, using Indian soldiers, Indian money, and Indian princes as pawns.

The Untold Story of the Second Carnatic War