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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]

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