2. 1727- Jai Singh founded Jaipur on 18 Nov. 1727.
1737- Baji Rao’s raid on Delhi.
1739- Nadir Shah’s invasion of Delhi.
• The Marathas take Salsette and Bassin.
1740- Appointment of Balaji Baji Rao as Peshwa.
• Alivardi Khan becomes Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
1742- Dupleix appointed French Governor of Pondicherry.
1744-48- First Anglo-French Carnatic War.
1746- La Bourdonnais, French Governor of Mauritius, captures
Madras.
1748- Treaty of Aix-La-chapelle and restoration of Madras to the
English Company.
1749- Death of Shahu and accession of Raja Ram as Chhatrapati.
Source- Modern Indian History by Grover and Mehta.