how did the british punish the native alliance after winning the battle of buxar
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The forces of the British East India Company were 7,072 in number, comprising of 857 British, 5,297 Indian sepoys, and 918 Indian cavalry[1]. They were indeed outnumbered by the combined forces of the Mughals, the Nawab of Bengal, and the Nawab of Oudh, which totalled around 40,000 soldiers. The alliance also had 140 cannons, 110 more than the British.
However, they were internally fractured due to a disagreement between the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II and the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja-ud-Duala. Mir Qasim, who’s father in law was Mir Jafar, the defector, was reluctant to fight the British because they were supporting his rule over Bengal. Mir Qasim, like his father in law, fled with 3 million rupees worth of gemstones.
British losses are said to have been 1,847 killed and wounded, while the three Indian allies suffered 2,000 dead; many more were wounded. The victors captured 133 pieces of artillery, 6,000 Mughals and over 1 million rupees of cash. So you could argue that more British East India Company soldiers died as a percentage than Mughals.
Footnotes
[1] Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century