Battle of plassey it's importance and events
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It played an important role in helping the British East India company establish control over Bengal, laying the foundations of what would become the biggest empire on the subcontinent within a period of several years. It in a way marked the beginning of what is known as British imperialism .
The events leading to the battle started in the year 1756 when Siraj-ad-daula took Calcutta from the East India company with his huge army. It was only in 1757 that Robert Clive marched with his relatively smaller army towards Calcutta from Madras.
Clive realizing the odds of winning the battle chose to bribe a rather discontent and amenable general in the Nawab’s army named Mir Jafar, promising him the throne once the Nawab was overthrown.
Despite being outnumbered, Clive decided to advance his armies and begin the confrontation. Taking the advantage of a rather reluctant opposing army and using the weather in their favor, Clive and his army were able to defeat the Nawab.
Mir Jafar was made the new Nawab, a mere puppet to the British who pulled the strings according to their interests. The company with its influence over the Nawab was also able to reduce and eventually end the presence of other European colonizers on the subcontinent. The war was a cornerstone of the British empire in India which would eventually come to wield control over large parts of the subcontinent
This battle was fought between the East India Company headed by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal (Siraj-ud-daulah) and his French Troop.
It was an important British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. The major reason behind this battle was the non-payment of tax and duty by the workers of the British East India Company. Within the next half century all of India would be in the British Empire. The victory of British East India company in the Battle of Plassey is one of the important landmark in India History.