Question

Lally was defeated by ____ in the decisive battle of Wandiwash in January 1760.
A.Sir Eyre Canning
B. Sir Eyre Robert
C. Sir Eyre Coot
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint:
-He was a member of the House of Commons from 1768-1780.
-He had led a troop in the Battle of Plassey.
-He and his army captured Pondicherry.

Complete answer:
The French powers in the south were driven by Comte De Lally. The British powers under Sir Eyre Coote crushed the French in the Battle of Wandiwash in January 1760 and assaulted Pondicherry. After Wandiwash, the French capital of Pondicherry tumbled to the British in 1761. At the point when the Seven Years war finished with The war closed with the marking of the 1763 Treaty of Paris or Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763.

Therefore, the correct answer is C

Additional Information

Brought into the world the 6th child of an Irish Protestant minister, Coote served first in the uprising in 1745 of the Jacobites (the individuals who supported the male and Roman Catholic relatives of James II). Coote before long acquired a captaincy in the 39th Regiment, the first to be shipped off India.

Note:
- Eyre Coote's central command was in Madras. In 1756 he united with Robert Clive in activities against Calcutta which had fallen under Indian control.

-After the successful Battle of Plassey, Coote drove the quest for a French power for 400 miles (644 km) under unprecedented troubles. For that accomplishment, he won the position of lieutenant colonel and order of the 84th Regiment.

-After additional triumphs in the Carnatic locale (which incorporates the Malabar Coast in South India), Wandiwash, and Pondicherry (presently Puducherry), he was provided with the order of East India Company powers in Bengal in 1761.