2 armies in battle of Buxar
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Battle of Buxar
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The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, as a prisoner of the
British East India Company
Date 22 October 1764
Location Near Buxar
Result British East India Company Victory
Belligerents
Fictional flag of the Mughal Empire.svg [1]
Nawab of Awadh
Nawab of Bengal
Mughal Emperor
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg British East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Fictional flag of the Mughal Empire.svg Shah Alam II [1]
Shuja-ud-Daula
Mirza Najaf Khan
Mir Qasim
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Hector Munro of Novar
Strength
40,000
140 cannons 7,072
30 cannons
Casualties and losses
10,000 killed or wounded
6,000 captured 1,847 killed or wounded
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 23 October 1764 between the forces of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined army of Mughal rulers.
The Mughal forces were drawn from 2 princely states, whose rulers were Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, and the Mughal King Shah Alam II.[2]