<P> Though a state of war did not exist in Europe, the proxy war continued in India . On one side was Nasir Jung, the Nizam and his protege Muhammad Ali, supported by the English, and on the other was Chanda Sahib and Muzaffar Jung, supported by the French, vying to become the Nawab of Arcot . Muzaffar Jung and Chanda Sahib were able to capture Arcot while Nasir Jung's subsequent death allowed Muzaffar Jung to take control of Hyderabad . Muzaffar's reign was short as he was soon killed, and Salabat Jung became Nawab . In 1751, however, Robert Clive led British troops to capture Arcot, and successfully defend it . The war ended with the Treaty of Pondicherry, signed in 1754, which recognised Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah as the Nawab of the Carnatic . Charles Godeheu replaced Dupleix, who died in poverty back in France . </P> <P> The outbreak of the Seven Years' War in Europe in 1756 resulted in renewed conflict between French and British forces in India . The Third Carnatic War spread beyond southern India and into Bengal where British forces captured the French settlement of Chandernagore (now Chandannagar) in 1757 . However, the war was decided in the south, where the British successfully defended Madras, and Sir Eyre Coote decisively defeated the French, commanded by Comte de Lally at the Battle of Wandiwash in 1760 . After Wandiwash, the French capital of Pondicherry fell to the British in 1761 . </P> <P> The war concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which returned Chandernagore and Pondichéry to France, and allowed the French to have "factories" (trading posts) in India but forbade French traders from administering them . The French agreed to support British client governments, thus ending French ambitions of an Indian empire and making the British the dominant foreign power in India . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> French and English boats position near Pondicherry . French National Archives . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Ruins of Pondicherry after its destruction by British troops following the capitulation of the city . </P> </Li> </Ul>

Who led the british to victory over the french in the carnatic wars