based on battle of Plassey answer the following :- 1) the two parties 2) list any two reasons 3)name the traitor
Answers
1) The two parties :
The two parties were Britishers and the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajuddaula. The governor general of Britishers then was, Robert Clive who was newly appointed as General of Madras.
2) List any two reasons :
The major two reasons were Black hole tragedy by Sirajuddaula and another was the desire of Britishers and East India company to conquer Bengal.
3) Name the traitor :
The main traitor was "Mir Jafar". Mir Jafar was the commander in chief of Sirajuddaula who became the traitor. As, Robert Clive offered him the rule of Bengal and some lakhs of rupees.
Some Important Points on Battle of Plassey :
• Battle of Plassey was one of the major battles in the history of India.
• It was fought on 23rd June , 1757 in Plassey near Calcutta.
• Battle of Plassey led to the establishment of East India company rule in Bengal.
• Battle of Plassey shown how weak the native rulers were.
DATE: June 23,1757
LOCATION : India,palashi.
PARTICIPANTS :East Indian Company ,France ,Mughal dynasty ,England .
CONTEXT:seven years war
KEY PEOPLE :Robert Clive
Victory for the British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey was the start of nearly two centuries of British rule in India.
In India, Britain was represented by the British East India Company, a venture that had been given a royal charter in 1600 to pursue trade in the East Indies that included the right to form its own army.
The French East India Company had a similar remit.
From 1746, the rival companies fought the Carnatic Wars for advantage in India, where they maintained trading posts, and sought influence over local rulers. In 1755, Siraj ud-Daulah became Nawab of Bengal and adopted a pro-French policy.
He overran British trading posts, including Calcutta, where British prisoners were allegedly left to die in the infamous "black hole of Calcutta."
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clive was sent from Madras to retake Calcutta and from there began plotting the overthrow of the nawab.
One of the nawab’s discontented followers, Mir Jafar, was bribed secretly with a promise of the throne if he would back the British. Other Bengali generals were also suborned.
Clive advanced on the Bengali capital, Murshidabad, and was confronted by the nawab’s army at Plassey (Palashi) by the Bhaghirathi River. The balance of forces seemed to make a British victory impossible. The nawab’s army numbered 50,000, two-thirds infantry armed at best with matchlock muskets. The French had sent artillerymen to bolster the Bengali cannon to more than fifty guns. Facing this host, Clive arranged his force of 3,000, composed of European and Sepoy troops and a much smaller force of artillery.
Mir Jafar, with around one-third of the Bengali army, failed to join in the fighting, despite pleas from the nawab, and remained isolated on one flank.
Finally the killed the king.
They said Mirjafar to take control over the Bengal.
He started to rule by himself he did not respect the British .
later he also killed by the British commander Robert Clive .