mention any four consequences of battle of plassey
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The Battle of Plassey is the one that led India towards 190 years long slavery of the Britishers. This battle was fought between the Governor of East India Company. Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal Siraj Ud Daulah.
The Battle of Plassey was the decisive victory of the British East India over the ruler of the Bengal Nawab Siraj-ud-daula and his French partner’s troop.
The battle took place on the banks of River Bhagirathi at Plassey which was at a distance of 150 kilometers from the north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad. Murshidabad was the then capital of Bengal. This battle is a part of the Seven Years War.
On 23rd June, 1757 some 150 km north from Kolkatta . On the banks of Bhagirathi river.
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Consequences of Battle of Plassey:
From the military point of view, the Battle of Plassey was not an important engagement. However, what followed thereafter is often referred to as the “Plassey plunder”.
Immediately after the war, the English army and navy each received the hefty sums of money.
Prior to 1757, the English trade in Bengal was largely financed through import of bullion from England, but after Plassey not only bullion import stopped but bullion was exported from Bengal to China and other parts of India, which gave a competitive advantage to the English company over its European rivals.
Company officials made personal fortunes not only through direct extortion but also through private trade.
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