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Who were the opposing parties in the Battle of Wandiwash in 1760?
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The opposing parties were the British and the French.
The Battle of Wandiwash was fought in January 1760 during the Third Carnatic War between the British East India Company, led by Sir Eyre Coote, and the French under Count de Lally. The British won and French power in India was broken.
The Tamils, Danes and others were not the main parties to the battle.
The battle at Wandiwash in Tamil Nadu on 22 January 1760 was the decisive battle of the Third Carnatic War. The British, under Sir Eyre Coote, defeated the French under Count de Lally and then took Pondicherry in 1761, ending French ambitions in India. The Tamils, Danes and others were not the opposing sides.
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