There were three major siege operations of Pondicherry. The first siege of Pondicherry was in the year 1748, the second in 1760 and the last and the third, and also the major one, took place in 1778 AD, in which the British East India Company defeated the French East India Company.
The reasons that led to the battle
In the year 1748, the British forces conducted the first siege of Pondicherry, in which the port was under the French East India company, led by Governor-General Joseph Francois Dupleix. This British siege which started in the months of July-August was called off due to the arrival of monsoon rains in October 1748. This siege was considered to be the last important action of the First Carnatic War.
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