1. mcq: tick the correct answer
4. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Battle of Plassey 1757
(c) Third Mysore War 1795
(b) Battle of Buxar 1764
(d) Fourth Mysore War-1799
Answers
➥Third Mysore war 1795 is not correctly matched.
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✵ Battle of plassey 1757 :-
➥ The Battle of Plassey was fought at Palashi, on the banks of Bhagirathi river near Calcutta on June 23, 1757.
➥ Battel of plassey was the major reason for the consolidation of the British rule in India.
➥ Battle of plassey was fought between the East India company headed by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal.
➥ In battle of plassey according to Robert Clive 22 men died and 50 were injured from the British troops.
➥The Nawab army lost about 500 men, including several key officials and many of them even suffered several casualties.
✵ Battle of Buxar 1764:-
➥The battle of buxer was fought on 22 Oct 1764.
➥Battle of Buxar resulted in establishment of British sovereignity in Bengal.
➥ The belligerents were the East India Company on one side and combined forces of Mir Kasim, Shah Aalam II and Shuja-ud-Daula.
➥The combined forces had 40000 soldiers and the British Forces had 18000 forces.
➥ The three separate allies could not coordinate in a better way and got defeated.
✵ Fourth Mysore war 1799 :-
➥Fourth War 1799, the British army led by Lord Wellesley attacked and defeated Tipu Sultan in a brief but fierce war.
➥It was at this juncture that Wellesley reached Calcutta with a mind already filled with fear of Napoleon.
➥The only power that remained outside the purview of the subsidiary system was the Marathas.
➥The forces of Holkar vanished from the Maratha capital.