The Battle of Wandiwash (1760), which shattered French power in India, was fought during which conflict?
A. Second Carnatic War
B. First Anglo-Mysore War
C. Third Carnatic War
D. First Carnatic War
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
The Battle of Wandiwash was a decisive victory for the British forces under Sir Eyre Coote against the French under Count de Lally during the Third Carnatic War.
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The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in December 1885. It was presided over by Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee and attended by 72 delegates.
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