Question

Compare the battle of Plassey 1757 and the battle of Buxar 1764. What were the results of each event?

Answer 1

Answer:

Their victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, gave the British a stronghold in the country. The Battle of Buxar gave the British East India Company the right to collect Diwani in 1764 from the Nawab of Bengal.The battle resulted in the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad, in which the Mughal Emperor surrendered sovereignty of Bengal to the British. Lord Robert Clive, the victor at the Plassey, became the first governor of Bengal. Losses: British East India Company, fewer than 1,000 casualties of 8,000; Indian states, 6,000 of 35,000.

Answer 2

Battle of Plassey 1757 and the Battle of Buxar 1764

Explanation:

Battle of Plassey

• The Battle of Plassey was the primary reason for the strengthening of the British rule in India. This war had been fought between the East India Company(EIC) led by Robert Clive and (Siraj-Ud-Daulah) the Bengal Nawab and his French troop.
• This war is also called the 'decisive fight' which has been the root of British supreme rule in India. The reason for the battle were the gross misuse of British trading rights  that was given by the Bengal Nawab, the British EIC workers not paying  tax and duty, British fortification of Calcutta without the permission of Nawab, the British misleading Nawab on diverse fronts, and Nawab's fugitive Krishna Das  been given asylum by the British.
• The British defeated the Nawab and the French and it led to end of the French forces and the British became the ultimate European power in Bengal. After the victory, in the name of tax collection, the British began enforcing severe laws and rules on Bengal 's inhabitants.

Battle of Buxar (1764)

• The British EIC progressively conquered Indian territories with the emergence of Europeans into India. Fight of Buxar is one such battle between the British army and the Indian allies that laid the foundation for the next 200 years for British to rule over India.
• The reasons for the battle were Mir Qasim decided to be alone, and moved his capital from Calcutta to Munger Fort. He decided to hire foreign experts also to train his army. He regarded both English and Indian merchants as equivalent. Mir Qasim disliked misuse of Farman, Dastak and the expansion of English trade. These factors spurred the English to depose him, and in 1763, war broke out between Mir Qasim and the EIC.
• The British had won the battle and they became a great power in northern India. His minor son, Najimud-Daula, was called nawab after Mir Jafar 's death, but the true control of administration remained in the possession of the naib-subahdar, who could be easily appointed or removed by the English. Clive made diplomatic arrangements under the Treaty of Allahabad with Emperor Shah Alam II & Shuja-Ud-Daula of Awadh.