 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1720 France yakaita kuti French East India Company ive yenyika, uye yakatanga kuishandisa kuwedzera zvido zvayo zvoumambo. Ikoku kwakava manyuko ekurwisana navaBritain muIndia nokupinda kweBritain muHondo yeNhaka yeAustria muna 1744. Nzvimbo yeIndia yehondo iyi inozivikanwawo seHondo yekutanga yeCarnatic, ichireva dunhu reCarnatic kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwemahombekombe eIndia. Kurwisana muIndia kwakatanga nechiitiko chehondo yeBritain pazvikepe zveFrance muna 1745, izvo zvakaita kuti Gavhuna Mukuru weFrance Dupleix akumbire mamwe mauto. Pana 4 September 1746, Madras yakarwiswa nemauto eFranceinotungamirirwa naLa Bourdonnais. Pashure pemazuva anoverengeka okurwiswa nebhomba, vaBritain vakapa uye vaFrance vakapinda muguta racho. Vatungamiriri veBritain vakatapwa ndokuendeswa kuPondicherry. Pakutanga kwakanga kwabvumiranwa kuti taundi racho raizodzorerwa kuvaBritain pashure pokutaurirana asi izvi zvakapikiswa naDupleix, uyo akatsvaka kubatanidza Madras kunzvimbo dzeFrance. Vagari veBritain vakanga vasara vakakumbirwa kuti vapike vachivimbisa kusatora zvombo kurwisa vaFrance; Clive nevamwe vashoma vakaramba, uye vakachengetwa vari pasi pevarindi vasina simba sezvo vaFrance vakagadzirira kuparadza nhare. Vachinyepedzera kuva vagari vemo, Clive navamwe vatatu vakapukunyuka varindiri vavo vakanga vasina kungwarira, vakabuda musimba, uye vakaenda kuFort St. David nzvimbo yokuBritain paCuddalore, vamwe kumaodzanyemba. Pakusvika kwake, Clive akasarudza kunyoresa muuto reKambani pane kuramba asina basa; muhurongwa hwekambani, izvi zvakaonekwa senhanho pasi. Clive, zvisinei, akazivikanwa nokuda kwebasa rake mukudzivirira Fort St. David, uko kurwiswa kweFrance musi wa 11 Kurume 1747 kwakadzoserwa nerubatsiro rweNawab weCarnatic, uye akapiwa komisheni seEnsign. 