History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2019 History
As a result of the Seven Years' War (1756-63), the French and English settlements in India became involved in open hostilities, and the work of Dupleix and Bussy in the south was destroyed in 1760-61. Which treaty provided for the restoration of the French possessions in India?
ATreaty of Pondicherry
BTreaty of Wandiwash
CTreaty of Paris ✓ Correct
DTreaty of London
Correct answer: (C) Treaty of Paris — The Treaty of Paris restored the French possessions, so the answer is the Treaty of Paris.
Explanation
★The Treaty of Paris restored the French possessions, so the answer is the Treaty of Paris.
★The Third Carnatic War was fought between the French and the English.
★It was decisive in deciding European supremacy in India.
★The Treaty of Paris of 1763 restored to the French their factories in India.
★But French political influence disappeared after the war.
★So the treaty that restored the French possessions in India was the Treaty of Paris.
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